Penny Park: Omaha, NE: Summer 1989

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Product Description Penny Park is not a real person. Peony Park was a very real place. In this narrative world of Omaha, NE: Summer 1989, the former spent a great deal of time at the later. This is an album about transition teenager to taxpayer, park to parking lot and our definitions drawn in the details. An amusement hub whose hey-day had come and gone long before the late-1980s, Peony Park would eventually have a date with the wrecking ball. But before they threw the breaker on the Black Hole, bumper cars and The Galaxy one last time, Peony Park touched many lives, including the life of Matt Whipkey. In Penny Park: Omaha, NE: Summer 1989, Whipkey brings to life summer at its finest, complete with every ounce of triumph and tragedy that marks a passage from adolescence to the stark reality of adulthood. This 21-song, double-vinyl album captures an analog life in a digital world. Come along for the ride. Review Omaha's Matt Whipkey has created a masterpiece with Penny Park, a 2 LP concept album that works from start to finish, telling the story of a pair of teenagers -- the narrator and Penny, the girl he desires. --Lincoln Journal StarPenny Park, one of the best rock albums I've heard, promises those things you remember from your teenage years: summer fun, theme parks, open windows on May nights, and that girl you spent a summer longing after - Best Albums of 2013 (so far) --Omaha World HeraldWhipkey is hands down one of the best guitarists... What s obvious to me every time I see him play is how effortlessly he does it. His guitar work is natural and organic and absolutely honest. He does it (it seems) without even trying, as simple and complex as breathing. --Lazy-i.comPenny Park, one of the best rock albums I've heard, promises those things you remember from your teenage years: summer fun, theme parks, open windows on May nights, and that girl you spent a summer longing after - Best Albums of 2013 (so far) --Omaha World HeraldWhipkey is hands down one of the best guitarists... What s obvious to me every time I see him play is how effortlessly he does it. His guitar work is natural and organic and absolutely honest. He does it (it seems) without even trying, as simple and complex as breathing. --Lazy-i.comPenny Park, one of the best rock albums I've heard, promises those things you remember from your teenage years: summer fun, theme parks, open windows on May nights, and that girl you spent a summer longing after - Best Albums of 2013 (so far) --Omaha World HeraldWhipkey is hands down one of the best guitarists... What s obvious to me every time I see him play is how effortlessly he does it. His guitar work is natural and organic and absolutely honest. He does it (it seems) without even trying, as simple and complex as breathing. --Lazy-i.com