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I've always been in love with that Delta-flavored music the music that came from Mississippi and Memphis and, especially, New Orleans. When I was 14, I was in a wanna-be New Orleans band in Toronto.
Robbie Robertson
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Robbie Robertson
Age: 80
Born: 1944
Born: July 5
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