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Mackie is an electronics recording company backing me, and they're willing to invest giving equipment to schools that I choose, and they've already started doing that.
Meredith Brooks
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Meredith Brooks
Age: 66
Born: 1958
Born: June 12
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Singer-Songwriter
Oregon City
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