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A few drinks later you're not so choosy when the closing lights strip off the shadows on this strange new flesh you've found.

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Joni Mitchell
Age: 81
Born: 1943
Born: November 7
Guitarist
Musician
Painter
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Poet
Record Producer
Recording Artist
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Roberta Joan Anderson
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