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“I cut all my early records in Nashville, so I guess that makes me country. I call it country pop, but my love of the blues is in there, too.” quote by J. J. Cale — Download Open image

“I cut all my early records in Nashville, so I guess that makes me country. I call it country pop, but my love of the blues is in there, too.”

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