Toshio Hirano between sets at the Amnesia Bar in San Francisco. (photo by Lenny Gonzalez)
Not many people can point to the exact moment when they met their destiny. Toshio Hirano can. It was when he heard the high lonesome yodel of cowboy singer, Jimmie Rodgers, coming out of his radio in Tokyo, Japan. It changed his life forever.
I had a great time producing this profile about Japanese country singer, Toshio Hirano, for PRI’s The World.
Music photographer Lenny Gonzalez and I made a cool audio slideshow for this story, too.
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May 6th, 2009
Great profile Julie. I went to luthier school with Toshio back in 1983, Red Wing Minnesota. We used to play the street corners in St . Paul and then turn our tips into sake, seaweed jerky & beer. Ah, the good old days. Thanks, Dan
April 4th, 2010
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