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" Buffalo Springfield had three guitar players, and we thought they were so cool. So we started doing the three-guitar thing, and people started calling us the 'guitar army' and all this stuff. "

Gary Rossington

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Gary Rossington

Sound

Sing

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Gary Rossington

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Will

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