The country star looks back on the first time he saw "the pirate" perform and the magic that followed years later.

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What kind of person can coax shy, diffident Minnesotans to boogie down on the dance floor? He’s a pirate and he calls himself ...

From Johnny Kidd & the Pirates to Adam Ant and beyond, “rockstar as swashbuckler” has long been a popular trope among image-conscious musicians. But few of the rockers who’ve ever affected a piratical ...