El Cárabo Lapón
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Rooster Fricke a.k.a. ‘The Rooster’ has deep roots in the South. Traveling the world as a child, he learned that we live in a big, small world. We are many people; we are one people. As an adult, Rooster followed a path of serial monogamy through professional stints as farmer, engineer, scientist, professor. Art and music are not-so-secret lovers that have always been at his side. In the end, the art and family will remain. The rest will fade.