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I had enough of a story churning in my head that combined all the elements of the day__he interview, the concert, the after-party__ private session__hen he put his guitar away and asked me if I had ever experimented with homosexuality. Talk about unexpected segues. Letting him know that I had not and wasn__ about to, I successfully changed the subject by asking him to give me a condensed account about traveling to Mississippi in search of Bukka White.
Kenny Weissberg Off My Rocker: One Man__ Tasty, Twisted, Star-Studded Quest for Everlasting Music
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I had enough of a story churning in my head that combined all the elements of the day__he interview, the concert, the after-party__ private session__hen he put his guitar away and asked me if I had ever experimented with homosexuality. Talk about unexpected segues. Letting him know that I had not and wasn__ about to, I successfully changed the subject by asking him to give me a condensed account about traveling to Mississippi in search of Bukka White.
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Off My Rocker: One Man__ Tasty, Twisted, Star-Studded Quest for Everlasting Music

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