Glen Hansard was, first and foremost, a live performer.
The Irish folk rock legend’s life was tragically cut short this week at the age of 56 in a motorcycle crash. But the accomplishments of his career will long outlive him. At 13, Hansard quit school and started busking, playing covers of Van Morrison and Bob Dylan on the streets of Dublin. Seven years later, in 1990, he founded The Frames, a band named for his habit of keeping friends’ broken bicycle frames strewn about his backyard until he got around to piecing them back together.
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