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If you think of music as a language, the space part is where you throw out all the syntax.

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Jerry Garcia
Age: 53 †
Born: 1942
Born: August 1
Died: 1995
Died: August 9
Banjoist
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Film Director
Guitarist
Musician
Recording Artist
Singer
Singer-Songwriter
San Francisco County
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