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Questions

Great New Orleans Brass band that has worked with EC a couple of times?

Guitarist who has worked with both Costello & Tom Waits?

What does Ms. Macbeth have that she keeps under her chin?

Elvis Presley made his first appearance on national television in what year?

Elvis said people had these kind of minds in 1969?