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“THERE WAS A GUY DRESSED LIKE JESUS”

HEN we went out on that first gospel tour at the end of ’97, everyone was on the same page. We were all doing everything we could to promote Bob’s mission. We were definitely playing religious music and it was a chance to just concentrate on doing that.

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