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Since I Was A Kid, I've Had An Absolute Obsession With Particular Kinds Of American Music. Mississippi Delta Blues Of The Thirties, Chicago Blues Of The Fifties, West Coast Music Of The Mid-sixties - But I'd Never Really Touched On Dark Americana.

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Since I Was A

Robert Plant

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Since I Was A Kid, I've Had An Absolute Obsession With Particular Kinds Of American Music. Mississippi Delta Blues Of The Thirties, Chicago Blues Of The Fifties, West Coast Music Of The Mid-sixties - But I'd Never Really Touched On Dark Americana.

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