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I listened to classical guitar and Spanish guitar, as well as jazz guitar players, rock and roll and blues. All of it. I did the same thing with my voice.

Boz Scaggs

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Boz Scaggs
Age: 80
Born: 1944
Born: June 8
Composer
Guitarist
Singer
Singer-Songwriter
Canton
Ohio
William Royce Scaggs
Guitar
Rock
Spanish
Rocks
Listened
Player
Classical
Voice
Blues
Wells
Roll
Well
Players
Thing
Jazz

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