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Despite the unremitting sun and palm trees, there’s at least one musician in Los Angeles who is often aggravated, annoyed, sometimes peeved well, at least in some of his lyrics. NPR special correspondent Susan Stamberg laughed for a week as she listened to Tull’s new album on her daily commute. She laughed even more when he came in for an interview.

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