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I was in every band class I could get in, like after school jazz band and marching band, and that's where I really learned to read music from elementary all the way through junior high and high school.

Chad Smith

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Chad Smith
Age: 62
Born: 1962
Born: October 25
Drummer
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St Paul
Minnesota
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