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Generally, you are held to a sound and that becomes your sound. That gets branded as your sound, and all the copycats start with it because the labels are looking for that sound.

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Randy Bachman
Age: 81
Born: 1943
Born: September 27
Guitarist
Musician
Singer
Songwriter
Winnipeg
Manitoba
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