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You turn me on I'm a radio (today's playlist)
- 1. "False Hearted Lover's Blues," Dock Boggs. 2. "Interlude/Portland Cement Factory/Requiem for Mississippi John Hurt," John Fahey. 3. "Train 45," Stanley Brothers. 4. "James Alley Blues," Richard "Rabbit" Brown. 5. "Hard Times," Gillian Welch.
About Me
- David Williams
- Memphis, Tennessee, United States
- Newspaperman on their time, fiction writer on mine.
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