New! -  "The Balladeers Vol 9"  and "Trib 7" OUT NOW
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The Balladeers Vol. 1
(Released January 2000)

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Featuring:
Keith Jamieson - The Year 2000 Bushman, Shane Warren - The Old Draught Horse, Terry Gordon - The Wide Brown Plains Near Hay, Camp Oven Country - Camp Oven Country, Katrina Hannigan - When They Go, Bill Bedford - The Man With Hat Turned Down In Front, Tom McIvor - Moth Eaten Memories, Big Mal Coad - Green Vale Three Rivers Hotel, Rick Hopkins - ’Twas Only a Simple Picture, Ted Kittel - I Felt Them Walk Beside Me, John Vaughan - Sing Me a Song Mr. Williams, Nev Molloy - Losing My Blues Tonight (Instrumental), Bluey Francis - One Last Look, Glenn Jones - Hitting the Top Rail, Joe Daly - Of Days That Were, Peter Coad - First Days Dawn, Cliff Berry - Modern Day Swaggie, Coad Sisters - High In the Saddle, Buddy Thomson - Who Fought For Him, Reg Poole - Save the Bush Ballad, Shorty Ranger - Out Where the Westerlies Blow

Available on CD & Cassette. 21 Tracks. (CAT. No: ABBA 1).
The Balladeers Vol. 2
(Released January 2001)

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Featuring:
Bluey Francis - Faces On the Rocks, Rick Aitchison - Old Goodooga Track, Lorraine Pfitzner - You Can Never Do Wrong In a Mothers Eyes, Ron Sadler - The Old Kero Tin, Keith Jamieson - Bush Ballads Forever, Stolzenberg Bros - Leichhardt’s Ghost, Michael Pincott - Back To Those Rolling Plains, Jim Welsh - Hennessy, Big Mal Coad - Volunteer Fire Brigade, Camp Oven Country - Down Along the River, Dusty Rankin - Bringing Bonnie Home, Bruce McMillan - Ghosts of Camooweal, Col Edmonds - Book of Memories, Ted Kittel - The Army Overcoat, Jack Pincott - Up Where the Brighter Lights Shine, Gordon Larkin - Rubber on the Track, Lorri Spry - Jimmy Spry, Les Lawson - Bushy by a Mile, Dave McCallum - Faces on the Rail, Lynne Bennett - Final Run, Peter Coad - The Buddy William’s Travelling Show, Leanda O’Brian - Two Old mates and Roses, Nev Molloy - Queen Street Express (Instrumental)

Available on CD & Cassette. 23 tracks. (CAT. No; ABBA 2).
The Balladeers Vol. 3
(Released January 2002)

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Featuring:
Dave McCallum - Come and Have a Beer Mate, Laura Downing - Harold Clifford Young, Rick Hopkins - Old time Shearer, Lynne Bennett - Track Mates, Terry Gordon - Inside a Woman’s Handbag, Les Lawson - The Country in the Song, Margaret Rackley - Little Piece of Heaven, Neville Anderson - Old Images, Gordon Larkin - Droving Down the Canning in 1959, Barry Offer - Misty Memories, Leanda O’Brian - Little Craigie Church, Lorri Spry - Oodavacrookute B&S Ball, Pat Pincott - Old Homes By the Roadside, Buzzer - Bush Barbecue, Keith Jamieson - Old Time Ringer, Dave McCallum - The Black Swan, Steve Brodie - This Blue Cattle Dog and I, Ron Peters - This Old Maton Guitar, Noel Smith - City Brother, Dusty Page - The Black Horse in the Furrow

Available on CD & Cassette. 20 tracks. (CAT. No. ABBA 3).
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The Balladeers Vol 4
RELEASED 2OTH JANUARY 2003


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Nathan Charlton - Tex, Buddy & Slim, Keith Jamieson - Alec Smith (Pickup Man), Gina Briskey - The Drovers Boy, Rick Hopkins - Mark The Coloured Drover, Pete Smith - Where The Lazy Murray River Rolls Along, Trevor Day - Ode to the Bull, Reg Briskey - Kooroongarra, Laura Downing - Yodelling Around Australia, Double Decker Dave (Dave McCallum) - The Cobb and Co Twitch, John Vaughan - Where Do Bush Flies Go, Limestone Country - The Old Pine Hut, LeAnne King - The Roan Mare, Barry K. Chandler - Drive Truckie Drive, Charmaine Pout - Freight Train Yodel, Lex K - A Ringers Vacation, Dusty Page - Curio, Wave Jackson - I'm Proud of What I Am, Ted Thompson - Terry Cahill The Legend, Zeta Burns - Where the Tall Grey Brigalows Grow, Merv Webster - The Ballad of the Blowfly, Dusty Spittle - A Fellow With a Fiddle.

**Available on Cd Only, 21 tracks (Cat. Number ABBA4)
The Balladeers Vol 5
Released January 2005
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1. ANITA REE, First Winter Rains - 2. RICK HOPKINS , Dad the Bushman - 3. REG BRISKEY,  Old Dance Hall - 4. GINA BRISKEY,The Storm - 5. CHARMAINE POUT, Corn Beef Tom  - 6. DUSTY PAGE, Cecil Pearce - 7. TIM ABRA,  Little White Crosses  - 8. DOUG DAYMAN,  The Inland of Australia - 9. MERV WEBSTER,  Murder Bloody Murder - 10. NOEL (Poppa) RILEY,  Lead Me Down To the Stockyards  - 11. ZETA BURNS,  Our Wondrous Land  - 12. BEV BRANSON & NOEL SMITH,  Back to The Barcoo - 13. DOUBLE DECKER DAVE McCALLUM, Outback Country Style - 14. PAT PINCOTT, Happy Childhood Days -15. ERNIE CONSTANCE, Things I See Around me  - 16. JOHN KILCULLEN, (Instrumental) Blue Gums Calling Me Back Home 17. CHERYL LETHLEAN Where Do Old Cowboys Go 18. COL EDMONDS Mustering Season - 19. STEVE BRODIE Old Coster 20. LYNN MANNING Cattleman’s Dream - 21. BARRY K. CHANDLER, We’re From This Land.

Brief Bios and Contacts supplied inside the cover insert for all above artists.
The Balladeers Vol 6
  JANUARY 2005
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1. MATT MANNING – You’ve Got to Go West Young Fella (Peter Coad) 2. ANITA REE – Muddy Mary River ( Anita Ree) 3. DOUBLE DECKER DAVE (Dave McCallum) – Harry Redford-the White Bull From Aramac (Wave Jackson) 4. GRAHAM RODGER – Middleton Hotel  ( Graham Rodger) 5. KEITH JAMIESON – The Blue Gum Tree Ball (Keith Jamieson) 6. JEFF BROWN – Sandy Kid (W. Jackson) 7. GRAEME JOHNSON – The Aussie Character (Graeme Johnson) 8. MARGARET RACKLEY – Contrasts (Margaret Rackley)  9. ALISHA SMITH – Warrigal Creek (Alisha Smith & Keith Jamieson) 10. LORRAINE PFITZNER -  Sunset Vision   (Jim Wesley/L. Pfitzner) 11. NED WINTER – That Outback Country ( Ned Winter) 12. DOUG DAYMAN – Never Was At All (Norma O’Hara Murphy) 13. JIM WELSH – Fletcher’s Place (Big Al Field) 14. JOHN P. TOOMEY – My Old Jack Weineke Saddle ( John P. Toomy) Singer BOB HARTUP. 15. CHARMAINE POUT – Rodeo Cowgirl (Greg Gordon/Shaza Leigh) 16. BUZZER (Brian) BITTER  - The Ned Kelly Song  (Tex Morton) 17. PAT PINCOTT – When We boiled The Billy (Jack & Pat Pincott) 18. BARRY K. CHANDLER – Goodbye Slim  (Barry K. Chandler) 19. VIV KEHL  - Old Man’s Kingdom (Trevor Day)  20. DAVID CROSER – Proud To be A Farmer (David Croser) (David Croser – Sponsor of the 2005 Tamworth Camerata A.B.B.A. Entrant) 21. MICHEAL PINCOTT -  Harry Peut, Western Pioneer (Micheal Pincott & Beryl Imhoff) 22. LYNN MANNING – Pikapene (Lynn Manning) 23. KEN (CHAINSAW) LINDSAY – Heaven’s Party (Ken Lindsay)

 
The Balladeers Vol 7
 AVAILABLE JANUARY 2006
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CD Only.

 Artist - Song - Writer

01. Jeff Gibson - My Old Cooloolah Home (Wally Brummel)
02. Ashley Cook - Ride Ringer Ride (Wave Jackson)
03. David Croser -Teach Me, Show Me, I Can Do My Part
(Helen Croser)
04. Graham Rodger - Where The Cooper Flows (Graham Rodger)
05. Terry and Jenny Bennetts - The Soldier With His Banjo (T&J Bennetts)
06. John P. Toomey - The Legend Of The Outback (J.P. Toomey) - DIGGER DOUG LANGMAN (SINGER)
07. Ned Winter - Bear Dog (Ned Winter)
08. Chris Strohfeld - Coster’s Ghost (Chris Strohfeld)
09. Frank Sargent -  Bazza’s Way (Frank Sargent/Gaylene Faulkner)
10. Des Morgan - Old Bindi (Des Morgan)
11. Graham Butterworth - Just Passing Through (Trevor Day)
12. John P. Toomey - The Bushman’s Reward (J.P.Toomey) - PETER RILEY (SINGER)
13. Ron & Rae Bywater - When The Blue Misty Mountains Turn To Gold (Ivy Sommerfield)
14. Graeme Coates - Two Old Mates (Graeme Coates)
15. Dorrie Muller - Old Jim (K. Groves)
16. Merve Webster - The Man Who Had Tried (Merve Webster)
17. Pete Smith - Shadow Of Mt. Lindesay (Pete Smith)
18. Peter Coad - The Wilds Of A Nation (Joe Daley words/Peter Coad music)
18. Amos Morris - The Last Goodbye (Amos Morris)
20. Coad Sisters - The Man From The Never Never (Slim Dusty)
(INSTRUMENTAL)
Brief Bios and Artist Contacts supplied inside cover insert for
all above artists.
The Balladeers Vol 8
AVAILABLE NOW!
 Links to purchase from the Country Music store Brisbane available soon!
JULIE PERANDES - ME AND MOONLIGHT (Ernie Constance),
MATT MANNING -BULLOCKIES DAYDREAM (the late Geoff Brown),
JEFF GIBSON - THE THREE HORSE DRAY (the late Don Nash of Bathurst),
NATHAN CHARLTON -THE DROVERS ARE BACK (Bill Chambers),
ANITA REE- SALTWATER CREEK SLIPRAILS (Anita Ree),
LES LAWSON - HAVE GUITAR GOTTA TRAVEL (Les Lawson),
JOHN COLVILLE  - THE BEST VIEW OF AUSTRALIA,
JOHN P. TOOMEY – (Songwriter) THE OLD BUSH SAWMILL – DIGGER DOUG LANGMAN (Singer),
WILF ELLIOTT  - WILGA RUN,
REG BRISKEY – HALF THE MAN (R. Rose),
RON MORGAN – (Songwriter) NEIL McGILLIVRAY & JENNY DOWEY (Singers) WELCOME TO MY CAMPFIRE,
JOHN P. TOOMEY (Songwriter) – THE DON - Digger Doug Langman (Singer),
MICHEAL PINCOTT  - WALKING FOR WATER (B. Imhoff & M. Pincott),
BARRY K. CHANDLER -  F.G. UNKNOWN LIGHTHORSE SOLDIER (Barry K. Chandler),
PETER SIMPSON  - OLD BUSH PICKER (Peter Simpson),
DAVID CROSER COUNTRY MUSIC (David Croser),
MICHEAL & PAT PINCOTT  - WHERE THE RHODES GRASS GROWS (Micheal Pincott), KEVIN AND JOYCE DURDIN  - EVERY ROAD I TRAVEL (Ernie Constance),
CHRIS STROHFELD – WHAT’S HAPPENED TO THE RAIN? (Chris Strohfeld),
PAM COURT  - THE VERANDAH (Fiona Kernaghan)
The Balladeers Vol 9
AVAILABLE NOW!
 >>Also available for purchase online from the Country Music Store, Brisbane >>>> VOLUME 9

The A.B.B.A. has just released their annual compilation album, containing the following artists and tracks.

GREG BAIN – CAN I SING TRUMBY (Ian Quinn), DIANNE LINDSAY – THREE GUM LEAVES IN TOBRUK (Peter Simpson & Dianne Lindsay), ASHLEY COOK - I’M A DRAGLINE (Keith Jamieson), LORRAINE PFITZNER – LAZY DAYS (Des Wiley) , BRUCE LAVENDER – SUNBURNT COUNTRY SON (C. Mason), DENISE BROOKS - OUR WOMEN PIONEERS (Ray Rose), DALY STEPHENSON – “SOMEWHERE ALONG THE WAY” (Daly Stephenson), PETER SIMPSON – AUSTRALIA NEVER CHANGES (P. Simpson), DOUG DAYMAN – OLD TIME COUNTRY HALLS (Slim Dusty/Kirkpatrick), CHARMAINE POUT – MUSIC IN MY PONY’S FEET (Buddy Williams), COL TAYLOR – VOICES OF AUSTRALIA (Bob Gregory), WALLY SANDERSON – THE DROVING DAYS (Wally Sanderson), JOHN P. TOOMEY – (Songwriter) – DIGGER DOUG LANGMAN (Singer) I WENT FISHING INSTEAD, BERYL IMHOFF – A DIFFERENT WAY OF LIFE (Beryl Imhoff) Narration, BERT EADE – TOM EADE FROM THE LACHLAN (Bert Eade), DAVID CROSER – RIVERS OF AUSTRALIA (David Croser), MARY DRYDEN – THE IDEAL STOCKMAN (Ray Dryden), PETER COAD – THE OLD SADDLE (Peter Coad/Virginia Coad).

 

A.B.B.A. - Australian Bush Balladeers Remembered Series
Australian Balladeers Remembered
Tribute Series Vol. 1
(Released January 2002)

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Featuring:
Stan Coster - My People, Geoff Brown - Thousand Miles From Any Where, Jim Kiley - Flies, Rocky Page - Where the Murray Floods the Open Plains, Trevor Coad - Lonely House, Athol McCoy - Tassie, Gordon Parsons - Joe the Crow, Kevin Shegog - Little Kangaroo, Stan Coster - Old Gilbert, Don Gresham - Iddy Biddy Puddy Tat, Rocky Page - Hundred Thousand Acres, Athol McCoy - The Inn at Inverary, Jim Kiley - Mates, Don Gresham - Mt Warning, Trevor Coad - Breatherlizer Blues, Kevin Shegog - Cops and Robbers, Geoff Brown - A Lot of Little Things, Gordon Parsons - There Is No Indispensable Man

Available on CD only. 18 tracks. (CAT. No. ABBA TS1).
Australian Balladeers Remembered
Tribute Series No. 2
RELEASED 2OTH JANUARY 2003
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Norm Bodkin - Fender Bender, Buddy Bishop - When Murphy Rode the Bull, Kylie Bedford - Kelly's Offsider , Allan (Swaney)Swanson - Some Things a Man Can't Fight, Allan (Swaney) Swanson (mandolin instrumental) Timber Raft Jig, Thel Carey - Time to Say Goodbye, Norm Bodkin (Steele Guitar instrumental) - Steeling Time, Charlie Bellert - Lonely Heart, Des Wiley - Highways of the Great Outback, Paul Lester (Vocal & Lead Guitar instrumental) - Along the Road, Barry Thornton (guitar instrumental) - Winter Winds, Buddy Bishop - The Farmyard Yodel, Thel Carey - When the Lights Go Out, Paul Lester - The All Star Western Show, Charlie Bellert - I Can't Win, Allan (Swaney) Swanson (Fiddle Instrumental) Orange Blossom Special, Des Wiley - Changing of the Seasons, Kylie Bedford - Boys in Boots, Barry Thornton - Talking Guitar

**Available on CD Only (Cat. No ABBA TS2)
Australian Balladeers Remembered
Tribute Series Vol. 3
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Released January 2004

1: BUDDY WILLIAMS .. Flying Doctor - 2: SHIRLEY THOMS .. Where The Golden Wattle Blooms - 3: BILLY STARLIGHT .. Roses & Crinolines - 4: MAURIE LAWSON .. Paradise Valley - 5: JUNE HOLMS .. Lullaby My Mother Sang to Me - 6: NED KELLY .. Araluen - 7: THE SUNDOWNERS (Joan Martin & Eric Tutin) .. Shearer's Jamboree - 8: TERRY HALL .. Bald face Cattle - 9: BEAU CHATWIN .. Where The White Face Cattle Roam - 10: ART LEONARD .. Face On the Bar Room Floor - 11: BUDDY WILLIAMS ..The Chicken Song - 12: SHIRLEY THOMS .. Yodelling in The Moonlight - 13: BILLY STARLIGHT .. Will You love Me When I'm Older - 14: MAURIE LAWSON .. Riding Down The Shady Valley Trail - 15: JUNE HOLMS .. Song Of Queensland - 16: NED KELLY .. Don't Call For Me - 17: THE SUNDOWNERS (Joan Martin & Eric Tutin) .. Reflections (Tutin/Martin) - 18: TERRY HALL .. I Keep On Riding - 19: BEAU CHATWIN .. Pub With No Beer - 20: ART LEONARD .. They Cut Down The Old Pine Tree.
Australian Balladeers Remembered
Tribute Series Vol. 4
JANUARY 2005
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1.TEX MORTON  Fireball Dan (Eric Watson) 2. LES WILSON         Silver Wings (Les Wilson) 3. TOMMY MACK White Lace Red  (Clay/Davis) 4. MICK FINN       Bernborough (Mick Finn)   5. TIM MCNAMARA Down By The Railroad Track (Crummit & Curtis) 6. KID MAHONEY Outlaw Bumble Bee               (Kid Mahoney) 7. BOB DYER Way Far Down In The Hollow    (Bob Dyer) 8.SMILIN’ BILLY BLINKHORN Poor Ned Kelly (Blinkhorn) 9. GLEN DAVIS The Last Train To Heaven                (Eric Watson & Glen Davis) 10. COL JOHNSTONE              Contented & Free (Col Johnstone)   11. TEX MORTON Don’t Make Me Go To Bed (Cross)               12. LES WILSON Lost Cowboy              (Les Wilson) 13. TOMMY MACK    Please Don’t Pass Me By (Floyd Tillman) 14. MICK FINN A Room Full Of Old Gold Records (Mick Finn) 15. TIM MCNAMARA Pay Day (Tim McNamara) 16. KID MAHONEY My Little Brown Eyed Son (Kid Mahoney)             17. BOB DYER     The Newtons Are Feuding Again (Frank & King)         18. SMILIN’ BILLY BLINKHORN  Sweetheart Yodel (Smilin’ Billy Blinkhorn) 19. GLEN DAVIS Pretty Little Dear (Unknown)  20. COL JOHNSTONE              The Way It Was                (Col Johnstone)

Australian Balladeers Remembered
 Tribute Series Vol. 5
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CD Only

 SONG  - ARTIST  - WRITER

01. HOBO’S LULLABY    Pete Hayes     (Goebel Reeves)
02. HOMESTEAD ON THE FARM    Hawking Brothers   (A P Carter)
03. BOOM OF THE BIG BASS DRUM   Rocky Emmett   (Sundowner)
04. GRANDPA’S SCARS   Bob Hirst    (Bob Hirst)
05. SNUGGLEPIE & CUDDLEPOT    Alan Hawking   (Alan & Diane Hawking)
06. DEEP DEEP IN MY HEART    Len Wakefield    (Unknown)
07. THERE’S BEAUTY IN OUR LAND    Bill Smith  (Bill Smith)
08. THE TRAMP’S MOTHER   Dick Eckert  (Traditional)
09. PUB WITH NO BEER     Les Keats    (Gordon Parsons)
10. THAT’S MY BUSHLAND HOME    Tex Banes   (Tex Banes)
11. MY HEART IS WHERE THE ROPER FLOWS TONIGHT   Pete Hayes (Smoky Dawson)
12. WILL HANK WILLIAMS MEET JIMMIE RODGERS   Hawking Brothers (Diane Hawking)
13. A MAN CALLED NAMATJIRA   Rocky Emmett  (Ashcroft/Halford)
14. HIS MATES ALL CALL HIM BLUE   Bob Hirst   (Bob Hirst)
15. TOO MANY TEARS   Alan Hawking   (Diane Hawking)
16. YOU TAKE THE FUTURE & I’LL TAKE THE PAST   Len Wakefield (Bettina Thiele)
17. THE ERRING BOOMERANG   Bill Smith   (Bill Smith)
18. YOU’LL NEVER MISS YOUR MOTHER TIL SHE’S GONE  Dick Eckert (Unknown)
19. PUB WITH MORE BEER   Les Keats   (Les Keats)
20. HAYSEED YODEL   Tex Banes   (Tex Banes)
 
Australian Balladeers Remembered
Tribute Series Vol 6
NOW AVAILABLE!!!
1. Lionel Long - The Old Colonial Chair (Long) 6:08
2. Ace Fender - Heart of Stone (Fender) 3:13
3. Terry Smith - I’m Gonna Celebrate Now (Young) 2:27
4. Ivy Somerfield - Blue Misty Mountains (Somerfield) 3:59
5. Brian K Kelly - Lady Nicotine (Kelly) 2:11
6. Ray Griffiths - My People (Griffiths) 3:32
7. Buddy Williams & Lenore Miller-Somerset - Bushland Paradise (Williams) 3:01
8. Hugh Holm Hunter - Valley Blues (Holm) 1:28
9. Stan Stafford - Sweet Betsy From Pike (Traditional) 2:20
10. Eric Newton - Leaving On A Jet Plane (Denver) 2:48
11. Ace Fender - In A Moment (Fender) 4:48
12. Terry Smith - Memories Won't Let Me Be (Coster) 3:34
13. Ivy Somerfield - Why Do I Need To Hurt You (Somerfield) 3:55
14. Brian K Kelly - Take Me Back To The Country (Kelly) 2:48
15. Ray Griffiths - Laurel & Hardy (Griffiths) 2:54
16. Buddy Williams & Lenore Miller-Somerset - Brown Eyed Sweetheart Of Mine (Williams) 2:53
17. Hugh Holm - Sunny Australian Sweetheart (Holm) 1:44
18. Stan Stafford - Me & My Dog (Stafford) 2:44
19. Hugh Holm - Hello Tamworth (Holm) 1:08

Australian Balladeers Remembered
Tribute Series Vol 7
SMOKY DAWSON-My Heart Is Where The Roper Flows Tonight, JOHN ASHE - Come In Spinner, JACK MUNTING - Down The Stephen Foster Trail, SHORTY RANGER-Rye Whiskey , JOE DALY-Milk Bottles, GLENN GREEN - Music Man, RON BYWATER-Wanderers Of The Wastelands, PETE SKOGLUND-When It’s Springtime In The Rockies, TEX WILLIAMS-She’ll Be Right Mate, KEITH BLINMAN-Give Her Red Roses, SMOKY DAWSON-On The Singing Trail, JOHN ASHE-The Buggy & The Dray, JACK MUNTING-She Came Rolling Down The Mountain, SHORTY RANGER-My Darling, My Dream Girl, My Sweetheart, JOE DALY-Trumby, GLENN GREEN-Sweet Lovin’ Woman, RON BYWATER-There’ll be No Teardrops Tonight, PETE SKOGLUND-Lang Lang Rodeo, TEX WILLIAMS-Bottom of the Harbour, KEITH BLINMAN-Charlie Chopps 

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