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Playing the violin and singing and whistling are just three different ways of making sound.
Andrew Bird
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Andrew Bird
Age: 51
Born: 1973
Born: July 11
Fiddler
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Singer-Songwriter
Chicago
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Andrew Wegman Bird
Andrew W. Bird
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