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A long term goal is to encourage students to start doing concerts in which I or the other artists will come back at the end of the school year to see their concerts.
Meredith Brooks
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Meredith Brooks
Age: 66
Born: 1958
Born: June 12
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Guitarist
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Singer-Songwriter
Oregon City
Oregon
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