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In the past, I tried to be more of a typical session guitarist. I wasn't so concerned with impressing anybody.

Brad Paisley

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Brad Paisley
Age: 52
Born: 1972
Born: October 28
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Singer-Songwriter
Glen Dale
West Virginia
Brad Douglas Paisley
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