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Probably my favorite artists to listen to James Taylor, Stevie Wonder - I haven't gone back in a really long time and really listened to them - my first guitar influences. It's been awhile since I revisited that.

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Jonny Lang
Age: 43
Born: 1981
Born: January 29
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