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John McKnight – bass guitar, accordion on "Mama's Got a
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657:Engineer: Mikal Reid
583:Blind Willie Johnson
551:"Like a King" – 4:18
194:Professional ratings
1343:Give Till It's Gone
1287:Fight for Your Mind
1093:on October 24, 2012
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1097:October 24,
1006:. pp.
755:Australia (
60:The Convent
1571:Categories
1535:Laura Dern
1481:Better Way
1265:Ben Harper
834:References
646:Production
622:Tom Freund
617:percussion
173:California
161:Ben Harper
118:chronology
116:Ben Harper
42:Ben Harper
1037:USA Today
896:Kot, Greg
792:Platinum
701:position
600:Musicians
595:Personnel
458:USA Today
1329:Lifeline
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770:Canada (
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106:Producer
57:Recorded
49:Released
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1350:Get Up!
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780:50,000
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207:Rating
204:Source
99:Virgin
77:Length
1138:(PDF)
807:Gold
777:Gold
762:Gold
627:cello
94:Label
66:Genre
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