For a young group of painters later to achieve fame as the Pre-Raphaelite brotherhood, the summer of love came in 1857.

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The artistic love affair with the American West dates back to the early 19th century, when a few intrepid painters trudged through the wilderness to paint the untamed landscape.

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With his band Red House Painters, he took things like "Long Distance Runaround" by Yes and Paul McCartney's "Silly Love Songs, " slowed them way down and gave them entirely new emotional meaning, which to me is the mark of a truly great cover version.

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