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I wanted to develop a guitar style where phrases and lines get there just in the nick of time, like with Curtis Mayfield and Steve Cropper. Subtleties mean so much, and there is a stunning beauty in them.

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Robbie Robertson
Age: 80
Born: 1944
Born: July 5
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City of Toronto
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