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Listen to Looch: musicians' other lives

by Mary Lucia and Sean McPherson

May 29, 2018

Mary Lucia is joined by Sean McPherson to talk about musicians' other lives and interests. — Mary Lucia is joined by Sean McPherson to talk about musicians' other lives and interests.Luke Taylor | MPR

This week, Mary Lucia is joined by Sean McPherson to share some fascinating details about musicians' other jobs and interests. Find out who was a teacher, who's a zoologist, a chemistry lab technician and more.

Share your own favorite stories about musician's other career pursuits in the comments below.

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JD McPherson — JD McPherson was an art teacher in Oklahoma before going to music full time.
Maddy Fox for MPR

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Guided By Voices — Robert Pollard of Guided By Voices was a teacher for 14 years.
Teddy Wolff for MPR

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Bad Religion and singer Greg Gaffin — Bad Religion singer Greg Gaffin (center) is a lecturer in zoology at Cornell University.
Matt Cowan/Getty Images

Listen to Looch: musicians' other lives