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James Burton

Blessed in Minden, LA, on August 21, 1939, influential guitarist Adam Burton got his begin in the 1950s being a back-up musician on the air display Louisiana Hayride, where he met Dale Hawkins. Hawkins’ 1957 strike, “Suzie Q,” was the initial within a string of successes to feature the youthful …

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