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This bass vocalist has had a lengthy career, starting out in a country blues band, working with groups such as the Ink Spots in the mid-'40s, and eventually showing up on Ry Cooder and James Taylor sessions in the '80s. To some critics, the process seemed unfocused, even "meandering" to quote one exactly. But Cliff Givens, or Clifton Givens as he is credited in the earliest ...more


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