John Gourley of Portland-based Portugal. The Man has been quietly dropping heat since the mid-2000s, well before the formation of P.TM and the band’s move from Wasilla, Alaska, down to Rip City. It’s been all community building of some sort or another: community building with other musicians and creatives, community building between cultures and traditions, and community building with the land and its stewards.

Before there was Portugal. The Man, there was Anatomy Of A Ghost. Fronted by Gourley, Anatomy Of A Ghost included Zachary Carothers, a long-time member of P.TM. Though sonically not deeply akin to the music Gourley has been making since, the sound of Anatomy Of A Ghost was in lock-step with the DIY music coming out at the time—their only album, Evanescence, releasing in 2004. Easy

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