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I have to confess that a strong contributing factor was that I had just taken what was probably the first acid ever made, given to me by a guy called Johnny Fellows, who had just returned from America.

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Jim Capaldi
Age: 60 †
Born: 1944
Born: August 2
Died: 2005
Died: January 28
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