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Tom Rapp has been played on NTS in shows including Channeling w/ Ivan Smagghe & Nathan Gregory Wilkins, featured first on 12 January 2016. Songs played include Blind River, Freedom and The Swimmer (For Kurt Cobain).

Tom Rapp (Thomas Dale Rapp, March 8, 1947 – February 11, 2018) was an American singer and songwriter, best known as the leader of Pearls Before Swine, the psychedelic folk rock group of the 1960s and 1970s. He later practiced as a lawyer.

Born in Bottineau, North Dakota, United States Tom Rapp's parents were both teachers. As a young child his family moved to Minnesota, where at the age of…

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Blind River
Tom Rapp, Pearls Before Swine
Blue Thumb Records1973
Blind River
Tom Rapp, Pearls Before SwineBlue Thumb Records1973
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Freedom
Tom Rapp, Pearls Before Swine
Reprise Records1971
Freedom
Tom Rapp, Pearls Before SwineReprise Records1971
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The Swimmer (For Kurt Cobain)
Tom Rapp
Woronzow1999
The Swimmer (For Kurt Cobain)
Tom RappWoronzow1999
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Stardancer
Tom Rapp
Blue Thumb Records1972
Stardancer
Tom RappBlue Thumb Records1972
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Come To Me
Tom Rapp, Pearls Before Swine
Reprise Records1971
Come To Me
Tom Rapp, Pearls Before SwineReprise Records1971
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Island Lady
Tom Rapp, Pearls Before Swine
Reprise Records1971
Island Lady
Tom Rapp, Pearls Before SwineReprise Records1971
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Butterflies
Tom Rapp, Pearls Before Swine
Reprise Records1971
Butterflies
Tom Rapp, Pearls Before SwineReprise Records1971
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Snow Queen
Tom Rapp, Pearls Before Swine
Reprise Records1971
Snow Queen
Tom Rapp, Pearls Before SwineReprise Records1971
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The Jeweler
Tom Rapp
Reprise Records1972
The Jeweler
Tom RappReprise Records1972
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