The Ballad of Dicky StussDick Stusso · 2015

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“Dick Stusso isn't his real name—he's 29-year-old Oakland singer-songwriter Nic Russo. And on his debut album Nashville Dreams (co-released with another collection called Sings the Blues), he performs as a struggling country/glam singer with a singular goal: to leave the big city, head to Tennessee, and try to make it. "The Ballad of Dicky Stuss" is the album's emotional climax, telegraphing the st”