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Kirk Rundstrom of Split Lip Rayfield dives into the crowd during a live performance in Austin, Texas. Rundstrom has been diagnosed with terminal esophageal cancer, and he has reunited the full band for a series of farewell shows.

Published on August 18, 2006

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Kirk Rundstrom plucks aggressively while on stage with his punk-bluegrass quartet, Spit Lip Rayfield.

Published on December 26, 2003

Kirk Rundstrom in a photo from Split Lip Rayfield's West Coast Tour in 2005.

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Rundstrom bids an overflow crowd farewell at Split Lip Rayfield's last show on Stage 5 at the Walnut Valley Festival, 2006.

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Kirk Runstrum

Published on December 29, 2006

Split Lip is (from left) Wayne Gottstine, Jeff Eaton, Kirk Rundstrom, and Eric Mardis.

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Kirk Rundstrom, left, performs with Split Lip Rayfield members Jeff Eaton, Wayne Gottstine and Eric Mardis at the SXSW Music Festival in Austin, Texas.

Published on August 18, 2006

Kirk Rundstrom (far right) was diagnosed with cancer late last year and his initial doctor gave him two months to live. He's since gone off chemotherapy and is cutting his morphine doses by employing acupuncture and other alternative treatments. His local punk grass band, Split Lip Rayfield - with (from left) Eric Mardis, Jeff Eaton and Wayne Gottstine - plays several area shows starting next week. (Note: this photo was taken before Rundstrom started chemo - he had just shaved his head.)

Published on August 7, 2006

From left, Jeff Eaton, Kirk Rundstrom and Eric Mardis are Split Lip Rayfield.

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Kirk Rundstrom

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Split Lip is (L to R) Kirk Rundstrom, Jeff Eaton, Wayne Gottstine, and Eric Mardis

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