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I wasn't an only child, but I was the youngest, and no one else in my family played music.

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Angel Olsen
Age: 37
Born: 1987
Born: January 22
Composer
Guitarist
Music Producer
Singer
Singer-Songwriter
St. Louis
Missouri
Youngest
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Child
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