Breadwinner and Klutz - How a Fourth Grade School Teacher Became One of the Most Prolific Songwriters of Our Generation

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Robert Pollard was a fourth grade school teacher in Dayton, OH who became one of the most prolific songwriters of our generation. Some of you might not have heard of Robert Pollard or his band Guided by Voices, but it is a project that had been in the works since 1981. Starting out as booze-fueled jams in Bob’s basement, the band became a more cohesive unit and eventually released a series of full-length ep’s using money that, according to Robert Pollard’s Wikipedia page, was from a local credit union.

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