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I was in my late 20s, in the process of shaping my musical outlook and what I wanted it to be about, when I first encountered Woody Guthrie.
Bruce Springsteen
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Bruce Springsteen
Age: 74
Born: 1949
Born: September 23
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Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band
Bruce Frederick Joseph Springsteen
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