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1947:Red Bandana
1710:Hungry Eyes
1675:Branded Man
1487:Live albums
1347:Blue Jungle
1090:Branded Man
1048:Bobby Wayne
1036:Ronnie Reno
1027:Don Markham
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954:Norm Hamlet
678:17 February
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563:The Crybaby
510:Patrick Sky
340:Vietnam War
329:psychedelic
317:The Melvins
257:Vietnam War
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2969:Categories
2886:Girl Crush
2643:Why Not Me
2142:5:01 Blues
2086:Kern River
1696:Mama Tried
1340:5:01 Blues
1312:Kern River
1114:Mama Tried
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1045:Jerry Ward
1042:Jim Tittle
982:Gene Price
968:Tiny Moore
816:2016-04-13
656:13 October
632:References
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546:Jon Gadsby
502:David Peel
245:Background
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2931:2021-2030
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1863:Movin' On
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774:Billboard
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582:in 1970.
538:Phil Ochs
478:Canadian
467:Billboard
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293:Phil Ochs
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371:Allmusic
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558:Melvins
550:Mataura
526:El Paso
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