WE ARE FAMILY
Apr 28, 2020
4 minutes
Words: Bill DeMain
Photos:
David McClister
As rock’n’roll provenance goes, it’s pretty hard to top Larkin Poe – sisters Megan and Rebecca Lovell, who are Larkin Poe, are fourth-generation descendants of the master of macabre, Edgar Allan Poe.
“We grew up reading his work, and we found out in our teens that we were related,” says Megan. “We were huge fans, so it was a revelation.”
“And it does play into the band name,” Rebecca adds. “Larkin Poe was our four-greats grandfather, and he was a cousin of Edgar Allan. So we thought the name was a good way to harken back to
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