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Joe Shlabotnik

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29. As an X-er

Reply to OriginalGeek (Reply #11)

Tue Oct 23, 2012, 10:55 PM

Oct 2012

I saw many of the great 60's and 70's artists like Clapton, Jeff Beck, Lou Reed, the Who and the Stones, Allman bros 2x, Skynyrd and lots of reunion bands (ie Ringo Starr and company), etc. But as an X-er also saw SRV 2x, the Cult, Lenny Kravitz, and Ministry 2x.

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