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about angel la canfora

LA born, Huntington Beach bred

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started playing piano around age 9, guitar at 11, about the same time I discovered Dylan & the Beatles

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my teenage years were straight out of a John Hughes film

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age 18, drove up the west coast to Seattle, made my home there for a few months

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back in OC, worked in a record store while studying journalism. Terrible car accident, laid up for weeks

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after the worst breakup I ever suffered, took the train across country for the hell of it. Landed in Georgia. Looked for REM

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back in Huntington Beach, founded Burnt Toast zine, solo singer-songwriter gigs, along with bass in alt-country band Cowboy Buddha

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studied abroad in Cambridge, England. Moved to Cork City, Ireland afterwards. Busked for dinner money. Too broke & scared to make it work, returned to LA a couple months later

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moved back to London, England (for a fella)

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a year later, back in LA

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collaborated with bluegrass band

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moved to Virginia following year, enrolled at George Mason University as cultural anthropology major. Made the Dean's List. Suffered medical issues, had to leave senior year.

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2008, took up mosaics & photography. Writing/recording songs, playing gigs. Started publishing my poetry. 

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return to SoCal. Moved to the mountains, lived in rustic cabin by myself for a year

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moved to Henderson on the outskirts of Vegas to thaw out. Helped run vintage guitar shop, fell in love with desert rocks and sunsets

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2016 moved back to LA. Started working with stained glass. On musical hiatus. Still writing poetry. Attempting to publish short stories. Taking lots of scenic photos and cranking out the mosaics

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to be continued...

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