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When I was a kid, I always wanted to go to Europe, to go to Africa, to go traveling.
Valerie June
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Valerie June
Age: 42
Born: 1982
Born: January 10
Banjoist
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Tennessee
Valerie June Hockett
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Memphis held onto me until I was far enough along in my art and then it let me go.
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