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ZZ Top band, the Moving Sidewalks, toured with Hendrix for a time in 1968 – and he got to witness the Strat legend's magic up close ...
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Gibbons, one of the most unassuming artists you’re likely to see, fully lived up to his reputation as one of the greatest blues-rock guitarists of his time.
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