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It's a cruel, heartless world out there in commercial rock 'n' roll, and when you take as much time off as we did, eight years, booking agents don't know if you'll draw.

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Tina Weymouth
Age: 74
Born: 1950
Born: November 22
Bassist
Musician
Singer
Songwriter
Coronado
California
Martina Michèle Weymouth
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Rock
Heartless
Rocks
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Take
Cruel
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Agents
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World
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