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'Sunken Waltz' and Tucson's Sprawling Suburbs

Published January 25, 2004 at 7:00 PM HST

Musician Joey Burns of the band Calexico talks about his song "Sunken Waltz" — a tune about the rampant suburban sprawl growing in the outskirts of the band's home base of Tucson, Ariz.

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