* CARL McVOY -(Carl Everett Glasscock McVoy, 3 January 1931, Epps, Louisiana
Died 3 January 1992, Jackson, Mississippi
- Like Mickey Gilley and Jimmy Swaggart, Carl McVoy was a cousin of Jerry Lee Lewis. The mothers of Jerry Lee (Mamie Herron Lewis), Jimmy (Minnie Bell Herron Swaggart) and Carl (Fannie Sue Herron Glasscock) were sisters. A few years older than Jerry Lee, Carl was a good looking pianist, whom the Killer looked up to, and from whom he derived some of his ambition for the piano. Carl had been to New York with his father, who ran a ministry there for a few years. It was there that young Carl first heard boogie woogie music. He took the experience with him to Pine Bluff, Arkansas, where he got a job in the construction industry. One summer, Jerry Lee Lewis came to stay and wanted Carl to show him everything he knew on the piano. "I think I was instrumental in the way his style developed", McVoy has said.
Carl knew Sun artist Ray Harris, who was working with him in both music and construction. Harris was eager to start his own record company, but had no money. For the sum of $3,50 Harris cut demos of McVoy singing a rocked-up version of "You Are My Sunshine" and an original song called "Tootsie". Together with Sun alumni Bill Cantrell and Quinton Claunch (the writers of "Tootsie") Harris approached record store owner Joe Cuoghi, and this resulted in the formation of the Hi label in late 1957. Carl McVoy was sent to Nashville to re-record the two songs on more professional equipment, under the supervision of Chet Atkins. Released on Hi 2001 in December 1957, McVoy's record stirred up far more interest than the fledgling Hi label could handle. Orders came flooding in, but payments did not and Hi soon found itself in a cash-flow bind. In April 1958, the record - and McVoy's contract - was turned over to Sam Phillips (for $ 2,600), for release on his Phillips International label, where it enjoyed some success although the sales momentum had been broken.
Just before this transaction, Hi issued the other two tracks from the Nashville session ("Little John's Gone"/"Daydreamin'") on the second ever Hi single (# 2002). Like the first Hi 45, it featured one new rocker (sounding very much like "Tootsie") and a rocked-up country standard.
During his period at Sun Carl cut at least 14 different titles over the course of six sessions, but nothing more was released. (Hard to see why - nothing wrong in the way of quality.) Colin Escott and Martin Hawkins date the earliest of these sessions on May 12, 1957 and June 6, 1957. If they are right, it would mean that McVoy had already recorded before "Tootsie" and that there were in fact two stints at Sun, interrupted by the Hi tenure. It is possible, but it seems unlogical to me.
Ten of these Sun tracks have become available over the years, on a number of different Charly compilation CD's. McVoy's versions of "My Bucket's Got A Hole In It" (recorded three months before Sonny Burgess), and "Right Behind You Baby" (three months after Ray Smith's record) have yet to surface. "Oh Yeah", which was credited to Carl on "Essential Sun Rockabillies, Vol. 4" (and on a Redita LP), is not by Carl, but by Wally Jeffery (Do-Ra-Me 1402).
Carl wisely hung on to his day job in the construction business. But, having played a role in the start of the Hi label, he remained interested in Hi's fortunes and in 1960 Carl bought out Quinton Claunch's stake in the company. In the same year (or in late 1959) he joined Bill Black's Combo as their pianist / organist and can be heard on most of the combo's hits, though not on their first success, "Smokie, Part 2", which features Joe Louis Hall on piano. McVoy also wrote several tunes for Bill Black's Combo, including "Do It - Rat Now", a # 51 hit in 1963. Besides, he had two singles released as a singer in 1961-62, a nice cover of Slim Harpo's "Raining In My Heart" on the Tri label and a remake of Chuck Willis's "What Am I Living For" (Hi 2054), but further success eluded him.
In 1963 Hi released the instrumental LP "Raunchy Sounds" by the Hi-Tones (HL 12011), who were Carl McVoy, Willie Mitchell, Jack O'Brien, Reggie Young, Jerry Arnold and Bobby Stewart. Carl (co-) wrote five of the twelve songs on the album, which is best described as "Bill Black's Combo meets Booker T and the MG's".
Around 1965 Carl quit the music business and opted for a more secure future in the construction industry in which he worked until his death in 1992. He died of a heart attack on his 61st birthday.
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* The Flying Burrito Brothers fue un grupo de country rock, conocido sobre todo por su influyente álbum de debut de 1969, The Gilded Palace of Sin. Aunque el grupo se relaciona a menudo con las leyendas del rock Gram Parsons y Chris Hillman, a lo largo de los anos se produjeron muchos cambios en la formación.
The Flying Burrito Brothers tomaron prestado su nombre de los originales Flying Burrito Brothers, que estaban formados por el bajista Ian Dunlop, el batería Mickey Gauvin, y los companeros de Parsons del grupo de Boston, International Submarine Band. En 1968, la formación original se trasladó de Los Ángeles a Nueva York para hacer música sin las distracciones propias de la industria musical. Desde Nueva York, pasaron a realizar una gira por la zona Noreste de los Estados Unidos, tocando su ecléctica versión del rock, usando el nombre “The Flying Burrito Brothers East”, después de que la formación liderada por Parsons se hiciese famosa.
* Gram Parsons (de nombre real Ingram Cecil Connor III, 5 de noviembre de 1946 - 19 de septiembre de 1973) fue un cantante, guitarrista y pianista estadounidense, miembro de las bandas International Submarine Band, The Byrds y The Flying Burrito Brothers. Más tarde comenzó una carrera en solitario y realizó duetos con Emmylou Harris.
Parsons falleció de una sobredosis de droga a los 26 anos en una habitación de hotel en Joshua Tree, California. Desde su muerte, se ha atribuido a su influencia el nacimiento del country rock de los 70 y el movimiento de country alternativo de comienzos de los 90. En 2004, la revista Rolling Stone lo situó en el puesto 87 en su lista de los 100 artistas más grandes de todos los tiempos.
Mientras tanto, en la costa Oeste, Parsons y el músico Chris Hillman pensaron que este mismo nombre les serviría perfectamente para el grupo en el que habían estado sonando desde 1968, cuando, como miembros de The Byrds, habían creado uno de los primeros álbumes de rock de orientación country, “Sweetheart of the Rodeo”. Se sumergieron en su proyecto en su casa del Valle de San Fernando, apodada “Burrito Manor”, llegando incluso a sustituir su vestuario por unos trajes de country-Western hechos a medida. En este punto, el grupo también incluía al pianista/bajista Chris Ethridge, el batería Michael Clarke (de The Byrds), y al guitarrista de pedal steel Sneaky Pete Kleinow.
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* Joe Paul Nichols Sr. (September 13, 1941 in Cundiff,Texas, USA - July 27, 2011 in Jacksboro,Texas, USA).
In 1970, he formed his own band, The Five Pennies, a band known for their traditional country music. He was a member of Cundiff Baptist Church for 56 years, where he served as Music Director; a member of International Country Gospel Music Association and the Texas International Music Association.
"I consider myself to be a blessed man. I have gained so many friends and fans over the past years and each one has a special place in my heart".
" My father, who was a "picker and singer", taught me to play the guitar when he was nine years old. By the time I was in high school, I was already playing country and western music around this area every weekend. In 1957, when I was 16 years old, his dad took me to Fort Worth to audition for the "Cowtown Hoedown", a weekly country and western show held at the Majestic Theater. The audition got me a job performing every other week on the "Cowtown Hoedown". I played there for three years.
My dream came true when I began performing weekly on the Big D Jamboree in Dallas, Texas a billing that lasted for seven years. In 1970, I formed my own band, "The Five Pennies". I was referred to as a regional singer, performing primarily in Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Arkansas, and Missouri. The Five Pennies and I are known for our traditional country music and western swing, plus country gospel music. Twin fiddles and the steel guitar are dominant in my music. The Five Pennies and I ave brought Country Music to school auditoriums, civic centers, clubs, rodeos, fairs and conventions from small towns to the large cities.
My solo appearances included 15 to 20 churches a year, the Prairieville Farm Days Festival in Michigan, the Lincoln County Cowboy Symposium in Ruidoso, New Mexico, a long with guest appearances on various stage shows and Opry's across Texas.
My music career of 50 years has been nothing but a passionate journey down the road of country music. I was very saddened when I was diagnosed with ALS or Lou Gehrig's disease in September, 2007. I was not expecting to end my singing career at this time in my life, however once again my Lord has reminded me, He is in control. I could choose to be angry, however my Lord has blessed me throughout my life. I had my band "The Five Pennies" for 35 years. I retired the band in 2008 after being diagnosed with ALS and it taking my voice. Over the 50 years I recorded over 300 songs and cut 26 albums/CD's and worked with some great artist in Country Music, like George Jones, Ernest Tubb, Charley Pride, Johnny Cash, Jennie Seely, Leona Williams, Merle Haggard, Willie Nelson, Pretty Miss Norma Jean,Ferlin Husky, Sheb Wooley, Little Jimmy Dickens, Hank Thompson, Moe Bandy, Sonny James and many more. I was fortunate to have three songs reach the top of the National Charts, " JESUS IS THE SAME IN CALIFORNIA" in the Country Gospel Charts in 1999, in the Western Swing Charts in 2006 "ELEVEN EIGHTEEN NADINE LANE", and July 2010, the song "TAKE MY HAND PRECIOUS LORD", hit number one spot in the Country Gospel Charts. I am very pleased that my CD's are being played on XM Radio. Over the years I have received many awards for my music. As a young boy who started singing on the back of his daddy's truck on the square in Jacksboro, I never dreamed that my music would be played on radio stations around the world. I was honored to host the Ernest Tubb Mid-Night Jamboree, a live radio show on W.S.M. out of Nashville, TN. that has aired over 53 years. I played several fund raisers, one for Lady Bird Johnson in Austin, one for Congressman Bob Price of Pampa, Tx. where Ronald Reagan was the speaker, and a Bar-B-Que dinner for Governor Kenting of Oklahoma. I, also, played for the D.A.V. for 12 years at their state and national conventions. I, also, played Panther Hall in Fort Worth. An other privilege I had was to be music director of my home church, Cundiff Baptist, for 48 years. I have worked revivals, and concerts for other churches.
Two singers that I admire are Sonny James and George Jones. Sonny James for the type of life he has lived and George Jones for his talent. A quote from a great friend, Larry Scott / Radio DJ, KVOO, Tulsa, OK.
"JOE PAUL NICHOLS is a fourth generation TEXAN, from Jacksboro. Coming from Texas frontier stock, to me, makes Joe Paul, someone very special. The character of those hearty pioneers was impeccable. Their word was good; they were honest, hard workers, and a people of high moral values. This is Joe Paul Nichols. Joe Paul amplifies all the above, when he is visiting with his freinds, and fans, performing on stage, and recording. Joe Paul is Real Country Music".
Larry Scott / Radio DJ
Now back to my normal life. I worked for TX DOT, as a state inspector, for 34 years and took early retirement 1993. Terry Beene and I started " NICHOLS & BEENE BUS TOURS in 1994 and have been very successful over the 17 years. I became Jack County Commissioner, Precinct One, 1999, and served 10 years. I was on the Board of Jack County Farm Bureau for 23 years. The Five Pennies and I have enterained crowds at fund raiser concerts for the Cundiff Vol. Fire Department for 12 years."
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* Little Jimmy Dickens -James Cecil Dickens, más conocido como Little Jimmy Dickens (Bolt, Virginia Occidental, 19 de diciembre de 1920 - Nashville, Tennessee, 2 de enero de 2015),1 fue un cantante de country estadounidense. Se hizo conocido por el buen humor de las letras de sus canciones, su pequena estatura 4'11" (150 cm), y su vestuario adornado con tachones. Fue miembro del Grand Ole Opry durante 60 anos, así como del Country Music Hall of Fame
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* Vassar Clements -Vassar Carlton Clements (April 25, 1928 – August 16, 2005) was a Grammy Award- winning American jazz, swing, and bluegrass fiddler. Clements has been dubbed the Father of Hillbilly Jazz, an improvisational style that blends and borrows from swing, hot jazz, and bluegrass along with roots also in country and other musical traditions.
In his 50-year career he played with artists ranging from Woody Herman and the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band to the Grateful Dead, Linda Ronstadt and Paul McCartney, and earned at least five Grammy Award nominations and numerous professional accolades. He once recorded with the pop group the Monkees by happenstance, when he stayed behind after an earlier recording session. He also appeared in Robert Altman's 1975 film Nashville and Alan Rudolph's 1976 film, Welcome to L.A.. He made a duet album with Stephane Grappelli Together at Last in 1987. In 2004 he performed in concert with jazz quartet Third Stream – in which a video documentary of the concert was done with Jim Easton guitar, Tom Strohman sax, Jim Miller bass and John Peifer drums
Though he played numerous instruments, Clements indicated that he chose the fiddle over guitar recalling that, "I picked up a guitar and fiddle and tried them both out. The guitar was pretty easy, but I couldn't get nothing out of the fiddle. So every time I'd see those instruments sitting side by side, I'd grab that fiddle."
Big band and swing music were considerable influences upon his style and musical development, and he said that, "Bands like Glenn Miller, Les Brown, Tommy Dorsey, Harry James and Artie Shaw were very popular when I was a kid. I always loved rhythm, so I guess in the back of my mind the swing and jazz subconsciously comes out when I play, because when I was learning I was always trying to emulate the big-band sounds I heard on my fiddle."
Vassar Clements played on over 200 albums, including nearly 40 on which he starred or was featured. His albums often featured newgrass style music and what Clements called "Hillbilly Jazz". His last album, Livin' With the Blues, released in 2004, was his only blues recording; it featured guest appearances by Elvin Bishop, Norton Buffalo, Maria Muldaur and others.
His 2005 Grammy Award for Best Country Instrumental Performance was for "Earl's Breakdown," by the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, and featured Clements, Earl Scruggs, Randy Scruggs and Jerry Douglas.
Clements, whose last performance was February 4, 2005 in Jamestown, N.Y., died on August 16, 2005 at age 77 of lung cancer that had spread to his brain.
* Al Martino -Alfred Cini, conocido como Al Martino, (Filadelfia, Pensilvania, 7 de octubre de 1927, - 13 de octubre de 2009) fue un cantante y actor italoamericano.
En el portal Allmusic, el crítico musical Steve Huey escribe: "Martino fue uno de los grandes crooners del pop italiano de América, con una cadena de éxitos en sencillos y álbumes que van desde principios de la década de 1950 a mediados de la década de 1970. Sin embargo, es probablemente más conocido por su papel en la película El Padrino como el cantante Johnny Fontane, un misterioso personaje, supuestamente basado en la carrera musical de Frank Sinatra, pero con similitudes a la propia carrera de Martino".
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* Eddie Dean (9 de julio de 1907 – 4 de marzo de 1999)1 fue un cantante y actor del género western de nacionalidad estadounidense, a quien Roy Rogers y Gene Autry consideraban el mejor cowboy cantante de todos los tiempos. Dean fue sobre todo conocido por la canción "I Dreamed Of A Hill-Billy Heaven" (1955), la cual fue un gran éxito en 1961 de la mano de Tex Ritter. Su verdadero nombre era Edgar Dean Glossup, y nació en la comunidad rural de Posey, en el Condado de Hopkins, Texas. Su padre era maestro, y fue el que animó a su hijo a iniciar una carrera profesional como cantante. A los 16 anos de edad Dean actuaba en el circuito del Gospel sureno (Southern gospel) con los cuartetos Vaughan y V.O. Stamps.
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* Frankie Vaughan -Frank Ableson (3 de febrero de 1928 – 17 de septiembre de 1999 ) fue un cantante inglés de música pop tradicional, que llegó a grabar más de 80 discos. Fue conocido como «Mr. Moonlight» (literalmente, «senor Luz de Luna») como consecuencia de uno de sus primeros éxitos musicales.
Fue comendador de la Orden del Imperio Británico y Deputy Lieutenant.
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* Freddy Fender (4 de junio de 1937, San Benito, Texas - 14 de octubre de 2006, Corpus Christi, Texas) fue un cantante estadounidense de ascendencia mexicana, heredero de dos culturas diferentes. Se perfiló como exitoso interprete de rock and roll, música country, y música Pop. Su nombre real fue Baldemar Huerta Medina. Fue conocido por los premios Grammy recibidos durante su trayectoria como solista e integrante de The Texas Tornados y Los Super Seven.
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* Justin Wayne Tubb (August 20, 1935 – January 24, 1998) was an American country music singer and songwriter. Born in San Antonio, Texas, he was the oldest son of legendary country singer Ernest Tubb, known for popular songs like Walking the Floor Over You.
There'll Be No Teardrops Tonight
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There'll Be No Teardrops Tonight is a song written by Hank Williams and released on MGM Records as the B-side to "Mind Your Own Business" in July 1949.
Background
According to Colin Escott's 2004 memoir Hank Williams: The Biography, country music disc jockey Nelson King always insisted that he had written "There'll Be No Teardrops Tonight" with Williams, and was surreptitiously credited with a half-share of the song.[1][full citation needed] However, the extent of King's contribution is debatable; songwriter Tillman Franks, who Escott writes "had more or less invented payola in the country record business," later recalled a fishing trip he took with Williams and country singer Webb Pierce:
I'd given Nelson King half of "Three Ways of Knowing" and Hank said, "Franks, you and Pierce have done fucked up business giving these deejays songs." I said, "Hank, I didn't start it. Nelson told me you'd given him half of 'There'll Be No Teardrops Tonight.'" Hank said, "I didn't mean to, I was drunk.'"[2][full citation needed]
Williams' session band was composed of Clyde Baum (mandolin), Zeke Turner (electric guitar), Jerry Byrd (steel guitar), Louis Innis (rhythm guitar), Tommy Jackson (fiddle) and Willie Thawl (bass).[3][full citation needed] The session is notable for being held at a Cincinnati recording studio rather than Castle Studio in Nashville, where Hank usually recorded.
Cover Versions:
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Al Martino recorded the song for Capitol in 1954.
Tony Bennett recorded the song in 1954.
Anita Carter released a version of the song in 1954.
Joni James recorded the song in 1957.
George Jones cut a version for his 1960 Mercury album George Jones Salutes Hank Williams.
Adam Wade charted with the song in 1962.
The song appears on Hank Williams, Jr.'s 1964 LP Sings the Songs of Hank Williams.
Tennessee Ernie Ford included it on his 1964 release Country Hits...Feelin' Blue.
Willie Nelson recorded the song for Liberty in the early 1960s.
Williams' idol Roy Acuff released a version of the song in 1966.
Roy Orbison included it on his album Hank Williams the Roy Orbison Way in 1970.
Ray Price recorded the song for his 1976 LP Hank 'N' Me.
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ALSO, versions:
There'll Be No Tear-Drops Tonight Hank Williams with His Drifting Cowboys July 1949
There'll Be No Teardrops Tonight Anita Carter January 1954
There'll Be No Teardrops Tonight The Commanders 1954
There'll Be No Teardrops Tonight Ray Price April 28, 1958
There'll Be No Tear-Drops Tonight Joni James 1959
There'll Be No Teardrops Tonight George Jones May 1960
There'll Be No Teardrops Tonight Ronnie Hawkins November 1960
There'll Be No Teardrops Tonight Jimmy Dean 1960
There'll Be No Teardrops Tonight Ferlin Husky January 1961
There'll Be No Teardrops Tonight Roy Acuff and His Smoky Mountain Boys 1963
There'll Be No Teardrops Tonight Willie Nelson January 10, 1964
There'll Be No Teardrops Tonight Hank Williams Jr May 1964
There'll Be No Teardrops Tonight Tennessee Ernie Ford June 1, 1964
There'll Be No Teardrops Tonight Hank Locklin July 1964
There'll Be No Teardrops Tonight Buddy Greco 1964
There'll Be No Teardrops Tonight B.J. Thomas 1966
There'll Be No Tear Drops Tonight Roy Acuff 1966
There'll Be No Teardrops Tonight Don Gibson May 1967
There'll Be No Teardrops Tonight Connie Francis 1967
There'll Be No Teardrops Tonight "Little" Jimmy Dickens March 1968
There'll Be No Teardrops Tonight The Osborne Brothers July 1969
There'll Be No Teardrops Tonight Roy Orbison August 1970
There'll Be No Teardrops Tonight The Buckaroos [1] 1984
There'll Be No Teardrops Tonight Delia Bell & Bill Grant 1984
There'll Be No Teardrops Tonight Carl McVoy 1986
There'll Be No Teardrops Tonight Bobby Atkins & The Countrymen 1986
There'll Be No Teardrops Tonight Hank Edwards 1987
There'll Be No Teardrops Tonight Roy Clark & Joe Pass 1995
There'll Be No Teardrops Tonight Tim Graves February 1997
There'll Be No Teardrops Tonight Big House 1998
There'll Be No Teardrops Tonight Simon Crashly and The Roadmasters 2007
There'll Be No Teardrops Tonight Tony Bennett
INSTRUMENTALS:
There'll Be No Teardrops Tonight Don Helms February 1962
There'll Be No Teardrops Tonight Marty Gold and His Orchestra 1966
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* THERE'LL BE NO TEARDROPS TONIGHT *
(Hank Williams)
I`ll pretend I`m free from sorrow
Make believe that wrong is right
Your weddin` day will be tomorrow
So there`ll be no teardrops tonight.
Why, oh why, should you desert me
Are you doing this for spite
If you only want to hurt me
Then there`ll be no teardrops tonight.
I`ll believe that you still love me
When you wear your veil of white
But you think that you`re above me
So there`ll be no teardrops tonight.
Shame, oh shame, for what you`re doing
Other arms will hold you tight
You don`t care whose life you ruin
So there`ll be no teardrops tonight...
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songs:
***Title ***Artist ***Year
There'll Be No Teardrops Tonight (1954) *Al Martino
There'll Be No Teardrops Tonight *Art Adams
There'll Be No Teardrops Tonight (1954) *Betty Johnson
There'll Be No Teardrops Tonight (1964) *Buddy Greco
There'll Be No Teardrops Tonight (1957) *Carl McVoy
There'll Be No Teardrops Tonight * Dave Travis *Dave Travis Sings Hank Williams, 1968
There'll Be No Teardrops Tonight (1952) *Delbert Barker
There'll Be No Teardrops Tonight (1970) * Eddie Dean
There'll Be No Teardrops Tonight (1963) *Frankie Vaughan
There'll Be No Teardrops Tonight (1995) * Freddy Fender
There'll Be No Teardrops Tonight (1964) *Hank Williams Jr
There'll Be No Teardrops Tonight (1964) *Jim Klink
There'll Be No Teardrops Tonight (1981) *Joe Paul Nichols
There'll Be No Teardrops Tonight (live) (1989) *John & Jamie Hartford with Vassar Clements .1989
There'll Be No Teardrops Tonight (1957) * Joni James
There'll Be No Teardrops Tonight (1990) * Jussi Raittinen & Hal Peters Trio
There'll Be No Teardrops Tonight (1957) * Justin Tubb
There'll Be No Teardrops Tonight * Little Jimmy Dickens .*1967
There'll Be No Teardrops Tonight (1967) *Peggy Paxton
There'll Be No Teardrops Tonight (1960) * Ronnie Hawkins
There'll Be No Teardrops Tonight (1957) *Sons Of The Golden West
There'll Be No Teardrops Tonight (live) (1979) *The Flying Burrito Brothers
There'll Be No Teardrops Tonight (1954) * Tony Bennett
There'll Be No Teardrops Tonight (1978) *Willie Nelson
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