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I was mainly influenced by the Carter Family, Jimmie Rodgers, Loretta Lynn, Merle Haggard, and others like Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash.

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Iris DeMent
Age: 63
Born: 1961
Born: January 5
Singer
Singer-Songwriter
Songwriter
Paragould
Arkansas
Iris Luella DeMent
Mainly
Jimmie
Dylan
Merle
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Rodgers
Cash
Lynn
Family
Haggard
Others
Johnny
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Carter
Bob

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