Kurt Wagner (born 1959)[1] is an American musician, and the singer and songwriter of the Nashville-based alternative country band Lambchop.
[3] Wagner was born in the South — Nashville, Tennessee — to Northerner parents.
[5] Wagner worked as a carpenter,[5] laying wooden floors both before the success of Lambchop in the 1990s and afterwards.
[6] Previously she ran, unsuccessfully, in the Democratic primary against Jeff Yarbro for Senate District 21, which includes much of West Nashville in 2014.
"I tell everybody, if you want to run for office some day and have an incredible fundraising event, marry a musician about 15-20 years before you declare your candidacy," Mancini said in a press release.