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About Me:: Gary Heffern began his career the late seventies as the lead singer of the San Diego band The Penetrators. He's done poetry readings with Jim Carroll, John Doe, Nina Hagen, the Art Ensemble of Chicago and Henry Rollins. His first solo album, “Bald Tires in the Rain,” featured artwork by an incredible cadre of his admirers, including John Doe, Mojo Nixon, Country Dick, and Victoria Williams, with music provided by The Walkabouts. His following albums have cont inued to feature a Who's Who of pop, folk and American roots music. Peter Case, Mark Arm of Mudhoney, Steve Berlin of Los Lobos, Alejandro Escovedo, Peter Buck of R.E.M. Mark Lanegan (Screaming Trees) Scott McCaughey (Young Fresh Fellows/R.E.M.) Chris and Carla of The Walkabouts, Jim Roth (Built to Spill), Jesse Sykes, and Eric "Roscoe" Amble have all appeared on his albums. The depth and breadth of Heffern’s friends and admirers who join him on his musical journey is a continuing testament to his position as an important songwriter whose work rises to the top of the heap. Along with his band The Penetrators, Heffern received a Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2011 San Diego Music Awards