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American singer-songwriter and record producer based in Nashville uploaded a live 1 minute 11 second rendition of Seegers singing "Going Down to the River" to his own YouTube account. Espe entitled his upload "Who Is Doug Seegers?". The video did not pick up much reaction though.
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Seegers' from his Austin days in "There'll Be No Teardrops Tonight". The album was produced by Will Kimbrough. Seeger's album also Seegers was engaged on a 60-gig tour in Sweden and appeared at Sverige sommaren 2014, a major music festival in Sweden.
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her "You have to hear him, he has the most unique voice in country music". Johnson took the advice and headed towards
Seegers. Doug Seegers performed his own song "Going Down to the River".
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