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The Telecaster doesn't really sound that good for the kind of rock and roll that a lot of people played.

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John Fogerty
Age: 79
Born: 1945
Born: May 28
Composer
Guitarist
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Berkeley
California
John Cameron Fogerty
J.C. Fogerty
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