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in the early 1990s, aiming "to be a rock star", but instead he spent his time in
California "just surfing and delivering pizza". By 1994, he had returned to Texas, capturing severe weather footage on his own and beginning the music for what would later become
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Schyma eventually left the usual rock band format in favor of mostly acoustic performances, often as a duet with violinist Jo Bird of Two Star
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