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One night all the James Brown band was playing on stage and I look in the back and I could see Mick Jagger and Keith Richards trying to get in the club and they couldn't get in cause it was to crowded.

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Tommy Chong
Age: 86
Born: 1938
Born: May 24
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Edmonton
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