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If Woody Guthrie set the bar for American songwriters, Bob Dylan jumped right over it. No one I know will ever come close to possessing the beauty of melody and the use of language that Dylan shares with us, with ease.

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John Mellencamp
Age: 73
Born: 1951
Born: October 7
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