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JohnnyRingo

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19. Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame.

Reply to Dennis Donovan (Original post)

Fri May 17, 2019, 03:46 AM

May 2019

I was there opening day in '95 and at the concert in Cleveland Stadium. That was actually the first time I'd heard of him and his great pyramids.

It's sad to see him go, but he left us his soul in the designs he immortalized.

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Thanks!!!!! BigmanPigman May 2019 #13

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