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maxsolomon

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2. Suicide made synthesizers scary

Reply to HuckleB (Original post)

Mon Jul 18, 2016, 03:30 PM

Jul 2016

which was a necessary step.

It's amazing to think his 1st album came out when he was nearly 40. Vega was 3 years OLDER than Bob Dylan!

thanks for the music.

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