Interview profile - Christopher Owens of San Francisco band Girls

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"It’s hard to believe Christopher Owens wasn’t born in San Francisco. Despite personifying sun-drenched, West Coast cool, the 35-year-old singer-guitarist -- whose tour begins Wednesday at the Chapel -- arrived here by way of a long, strange trip. Raised throughout Asia and Europe in a Christian cult, a 16-year-old Owens followed his sister to Texas, where he met artistic mentor and oil tycoon Stanley Marsh 3. He later came out west, but for more conventional reasons..."

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