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I've been getting into different gospel artists Aretha Franklin is someone I've been listening to a lot of.

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Jonny Lang
Age: 43
Born: 1981
Born: January 29
Guitarist
Singer-Songwriter
Fargo
North Dakota
Listening
Getting
Artist
Someone
Different
Franklin
Gospel
Artists

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