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Philadelphia Folk Festival

Schwenksville, PA
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08/24/1968
Bill Monroe & the Bluegrass Boys
Set 1Uncle Pen
Blue Ridge Mountain Blues
Train 45
Blue Grass Breakdown
Down in the Willow Garden
Wayfaring Stranger
Dusty Miller
Orange Blossom Special
Comment
Kenny Baker
Roland White
Vic Jordan
James Monroe
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08/12/1969
Incredible String Band
Set 1Dust Be Diamonds
Black Jack Davy
This Moment
When You Find Out Who You Are
Air
Come With Me
The Letter
Waiting For You
Queen Juanita And The Fisherman Lover
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08/22/1969
Doc & Merle Watson
Set 1Give Me Back My 15 Cents
The Freight Train Boogie
Peach Pickin' Time In Georgia
Goin' Down The Road Feelin' Bad
Instrumental
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08/22/1969
John Hartford
Set 1Natural To Be Gone
Poor Old Puriant Interest
Good Old Electric Washing Machine
The Category Stomp
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08/22/1969
Doc Watson
Set 1Give Me Back My 15 Cents
The Freight Train Boogie
Peach Pickin' Time In Georgia
Goin' Down The Road Feelin' Bad
Instrumental
CommentDoc & Merle Watson
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08/22/1969
Doug Sahm
Set 1Miller's Cave
I Wanna Be Your Mama Again
In the Jailhouse Now
Reno Blues
Colinda
She's About A Mover
Mendocino
Stage Announcements
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08/23/1969
John Hartford
Set 1A Simple Thing As Love
I Didn't Know The World Would Last This Long
Good Old Electric Washing Machine
The Category Stomp
Gentle On My Mind
Comment
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08/24/1969
David Bromberg
Set 1Someone Else's Blues
Lonesome Dave's Homesick Blues
Tryin' To Get Home
Bullfrog Blues
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08/28/1970
David Bromberg
Set 1Bullfrog Blues
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08/28/1970
Luther Allison
Set 1Gene Shay Intro > Instrumental
Movin' On Up
You've Got To Love Her With A Feeling
Love Me Mama
Three O'Clock In The Morning
Hoochie Coochie Man
Why I Sing The Blues
Set 2
Set 3
CommentLuther Allison Blues Band

Members-
- Luther Allison (guitar, vocals)
- "Smokey" Joe Miller (sax)
- TBD (bass)
- TBD (drums)
- TBD (organ)
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08/29/1970
David Bromberg
Set 1Lonesome Dave's Lovesick Blues
Sitting on Top of the World
Come On in My Kitchen
If I Get Lucky, Mama
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08/29/1970
Bonnie Raitt
Set 1Woodstock
Finest Lovin' Man
I Ain't Blue
CommentFrequently circulates as a set of three short Philadelphia Folk Festival sets (<a href="http://db.etree.org/lookup_show.php?shows_key=95179">08/29/70</a>, <a href="http://db.etree.org/lookup_show.php?shows_key=214278">08/28/71</a>, and <a href="http://db.etree.org/lookup_show.php?shows_key=214279">08/25/72</a>)
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08/29/1970
Luther Allison
Set 1Greeting > (She's So Fine) I Just Gotta Make Her Mine
Everyday I Have The Blues
The Things That I Used To Do*
Look On Yonder Wall
Turn On Your Love Light
Little Red Rooster
Got My Mojo Working
The Thrill Is Gone*
Set 2
Set 3
CommentLuther Allison Blues Band

*= with flute

Members-
- Luther Allison (guitar, vocals)
- "Smokey" Joe Miller (sax)
- TBD (bass)
- TBD (drums)
- TBD (organ)
- TBD (flute)
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08/29/1970
Mississippi John Hurt
Set 1C.C. Rider
Avalon
Nobody's Dirty Business
Make Me A Pallet On Your Floor
Stag-o'lee Blues
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08/28/1971
David Bromberg
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Set 1Suffer To Sing The Blues
Hardworking John
Last Song For Shelby Jean
The Hold Up
Sammy's Song
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08/28/1971
Bonnie Raitt
Set 1Blue Bird
Finest Loving Man
Any Day Woman
Big Road
I Ain't Blue
Walking Blues
Blender Blues
CommentFrequently circulates as a set of three short Philadelphia Folk Festival sets (<a href="http://db.etree.org/lookup_show.php?shows_key=95179">08/29/70</a>, <a href="http://db.etree.org/lookup_show.php?shows_key=214278">08/28/71</a>, and <a href="http://db.etree.org/lookup_show.php?shows_key=214279">08/25/72</a>)
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08/28/1971
Bill Monroe & the Bluegrass Boys
Set 1Muleskinner Blues
Blue Moon of Kentucky
Uncle Pen
Blue Grass Breakdown
Wayfaring Stranger
John Henry
CommentKenny Baker - Byron Berline - Tex Logan
Jack Hicks
Joe Stuart
Doug Hutchins
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08/28/1971
Happy & Artie Traum
Set 1Cocaine Blues
Set 2
Set 3
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08/??/1971
John Hartford
Set 1Bluegrass Music (fiddle)
Skipping in the Mississippi Dew (fiddle)
Don't Leave Your Records in the Sun (banjo)
Steamboat Whistle Blues (banjo)
Two Hits and the Joint Turned Brown (banjo)
Salty Dog Blues (banjo)
Good Old Electric Washing Machine (guitar)
Turn Your Radio On (guitar)
MC Outro
CommentOriginal Aeroplane Band
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08/??/1971
John Hartford
Set 1Steampowered Aereoplane
Bad Music is Better Than No Music at All
Skippin in the Mississippi Dew
Tear Down The Grand Ole Opry
Back in the Goodle Days
With a Vamp in the Middle
Turn Your Radio On
CommentOriginal Aeroplane Band
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08/25/1972
Bonnie Raitt
Set 1Under The Falling Sky
Too Long At The Fair
Love Me Like A Man
You Got To Know How
Kokomo Blues
CommentFrequently circulates as a set of three short Philadelphia Folk Festival sets (<a href="http://db.etree.org/lookup_show.php?shows_key=95179">08/29/70</a>, <a href="http://db.etree.org/lookup_show.php?shows_key=214278">08/28/71</a>, and <a href="http://db.etree.org/lookup_show.php?shows_key=214279">08/25/72</a>)
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08/25/1972
John Hartford & Norman Blake
Set 1Old Joe Clark
Instumental
You Can Do Anything
Randall Colloins Is My Name
Skippin' In The Mississippi Dew
Orange Blossom Special
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08/26/1972
David Bromberg
Set 1hard workin' john
sharon
jugband song
rodney's glory>the rites of man>the first of may
pink snake blues
statesboro/church bell blues
wheelhoss

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08/23/1975
Professor Longhair
Set 1First Show

Doing It
Instrumental
Stag-O-Lee
Instrumental
Everyday I Have The Blues
Bald Head
Hey Now Baby
Bye, Bye Baby
Set 2Second Show

Doing It
Instrumental
Tipitina
Mess Around
Bright Lights, Big City
Stag-O-Lee
Hey Now Baby
Unknown
Bald Head
Doing It
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08/27/1976
John Hartford
Set 1Bluegrass Music >
Skipping In the Mississippi Dew
Don't Leave Your Records In the Sun
Two Hits & the Joint Turned Brown
Salty Dog Blues
Good Old Electric Washing Machine
Turn Your Radio On
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08/29/1976
Steve Goodman
Set 1August 29, 1976
08 Jesse's Jig (fades in)
09 Spoon River (Michael Smith)
10 City Of New Orleans
11 (stage thanks)
12 Mama Don't Allow It
13 (band intro's/walk-off)
14 encore: Goodnight Irene (Leadbelly)
CommentOn disc with 71 73 76 Festival
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08/??/1979
Bob Gibson
Set 1Cuckoo Again
Cindy Dreams of California
Bein' on the Road
Yes, Mr. Rodgers
That's the Way It's Gonna Be
Army of Children [w/ Anne Hills]
Set 2
Set 3
CommentJohn Guth on lead guitar
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08/24/1984
John Sebastian
Set 1Mobile Line
Welcome Back
Nashville Cats
Smokey Don't Go
Younger Girl
Jug Band Music
She's A Lady
Shining Moon
Candy Man
Lovin' Spoonful
Dixie Chicken
Tar Beach
Fishin' Blues
Did You Ever Have To Make Up Your Mind?
Daydream

Encore:
Harmonica Solo
Set 2
Set 3
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08/24/1985
David Bromberg
Set 1Get Up And Go
Wallflower
Band Intros
Dark Hollow
California Story
California Cowboy Singalong
Cowboy Song
World Of Fools
Yankee's Revenge
Will Not Be Your Fool
Diamond Lil
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08/24/1985
David Bromberg Band
Set 1Get Up and Go
Wallflower
Band Intros
Dark Hollow
California Story
California Cowboy Singalong
Cowboy Song
Welcome To The World of Fools
Yankee's Revenge
I Will Not Be Fooled
A Man Should Never Gamble
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08/23/1986
Junior Wells
Set 1Intro And Tuning
Crosscut Saw
Baby What You Want Me To Do
Little By Little
Banter
Who's Making Love
Honest I Do
Super Bad/stop Breaking Down
Set 2
Set 3
CommentJunior Wells Blues Band
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08/23/1986
Tom Paxton
Set 1Ramblin Boy*
Yuppies In The Sky
Thank You, Republic Airlines
Did You Hear John Hurt?
Bottle Of Wine
One Million Lawyers
Set 2
Set 3
Comment* With Michael Cooney
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08/23/1986
Elizabeth Cotten
Set 1Georgie Buck
Run…Run
Praying Time
Pretty Flowers
Freight Train
CommentElizabeth Cotten's final performance
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08/28/1987
Leon Redbone
Set 1My Good Gal's Gone Blues
She's My Gal
Another Story, Another Time, Another Place
Crazy Blues
Long Gone Lonesome Blues
Ain't Misbehavin'
Diddie Wa Diddie
The One Rose (That's Left in My Heart)
You Nearly Lose Your Mind
Alabama Jubilee
Set 2
Set 3
CommentLeon Redbone
Cindy Cashdollar
John Gill
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08/??/1987
Mary Chapin Carpenter
Set 1A Lot Like Me
Mama There Ain't No Cowboys In New Jersey
Family Hands
A Road Is Just A Road
Set 2
Set 3
CommentMary Chapin Carpenter - guitar and vocals
Jon Carroll - keyboards
Rico Petrucelli - bass
Robbie Magruder - drums
John Jennings - guitar
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08/26/1990
Taj Mahal
Set 11:30 p.m. Children's Concert

banter
Fishing Blues (Henry Thomas cover)
Quavi, Quavi
Brown Girl in the Ring
(Unknown) (Instrumental)
Teach Your Children
Cookies in the Kitchen
Small Fry
Little Brown Dog

Encore:
Sitting on Top of the World (Mississippi Sheiks cover)
Set 27:30 p.m. Evening Concert

Intro
Big Legged Mamas Are Back In Style Again
Blues On The Ceiling
Bourgeois Blues
Satisfied 'n Tickled Too
Key To The Highway
I'm Gonna Move Up To The Country And Paint My Mailbox Blue *
Queen Bee *
Set 3
Comment* w/ Doug Grigsby on bass, Andy Kravitz on drums, and "Bob" on piano
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08/23/1991
Richie Havens
Set 1Nobody Left To Crown
They Dance Alone
What You Gonna Do About Me
Here Comes The Sun
Lives In The Balance
John Lennon Tribute Medley: Dear John / Good Day Sunshine / Strawberry Fields Forever / Mother [Electric]
Drivin' [Electric]
Commentdate might be 8/24/91
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08/28/1994
Los Lobos
14610
Set 1The Giving Tree
One Time, One Night
When The Circus Comes
Sweet Home Chicago>
Don't Worry Baby
Emily
My Baby's Gone
Just a Man
Peace
Ay Te Dejo en San Antonio
Anselma
Dream in Blue
Alone in a Crowd
Set Me Free (Rosa Lee)
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Encore:
Crowd/Tuning
Cinnamon Girl
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08/27/1995
The Band
Set 1Shape I'm In
Stuff Ya Gotta Watch
The Weight
It Makes No Difference
WS Walcott Medicine Show
Rag Mama Rag
Atlantic City
Caledonia Mission
Crazy Mama
Up On Cripple Creek
Life Is a Carnival
Genetic Method
Chestfever
Rock & Roll Shoes
Set 2
Set 3
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08/23/1997
Emmylou Harris
Set 1Where Will I Be
Orphan Girl
Wayfaring Stranger
Poncho and Lefty
Goin' Back To Harlan
Deeper Well
Prayer In Open D
Calling My Children Home
Sweet Old World
Every Grain Of Sand
Get Up John
The Maker
Hickory Wind
Set 2Soundcheck

Wrecking Ball
One Of These Days
Green Pastures

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08/29/1999
John Prine
Set 1Spanish Pipedream
Six O'Clock News
Souvenirs
Fish And Whistle
Far From Me
Grandpa Was A Carpenter
All The Best
Angel From Montgomery
Dear Abby
That's The Way That The World Goes 'Round
Let's Talk Dirty In Hawaiian
Sam Stone
Lake Marie
Hello In There
Set 2
Set 3
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08/17/2007
Jack Williams
Set 1A Natural Man (Song For Josh White)
Mama Lou
Buckets Of Rain
Walking Dreams
This Moment Is Mine
Set 2
Set 3
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08/16/2008
Kathy Mattea
Set 1Dark As A Dungeon
Love At The Five And Dime
The L&N Don't Stop Here Anymore
Red Winged Blackbird
Coal Tattoo
Eighteen Wheels And A Dozen Roses
Where've You Been
Black Lung
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08/14/2009
Tony Trischka
Set 1?
Cold Rain And Snow
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Sally Goodin
Darling Corey
Amanda and Her Amazing Dancing Ducks/Third String/First String
Molly And Tenbrooks
Arcadia
Fox Chase
CommentTony Trischka
Skip Ward
Michael Daves
Tishina Claridge
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08/15/2009
The Decemberists
Set 1Intro
Prelude
The Hazards Of Love 1 (The Prettiest Whisltles Won't Wrestle The Thistles Undone)
A Bower Scene
Won't Want For Love (Margaret In The Taiga)
The Hazards Of Love 2 (Wager All)
The Queen's Approach
Isn't It A Lovely Night
The Wanting Comes In Waves/Repaid
Interlude
The Rake's Song
The Abduction Of Margaret
The Queen's Rebuke/The Crossing
Annan Water
Margaret In Captivity
The Hazards Of Love 3(Revenge!)
The Wanting Comes In Waves (Reprise)
The Hazards Of Love 4 (The Drowning)
encore break
Set 2Eli, The Barrow Boy
Down By The Water
Sons & Daughters
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08/16/2009
Del McCoury Band
Set 1Dry My Tears and Move On > Count Me Out
Quicksburg Rendezvous
A Deeper Shade Of Blue
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Nashville Cats
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Kentucky Waltz
Red Molly
Moneyland
The Promised Land
The White House Blues
Del Gets Special Guitar From Martin Guitars
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08/20/2010
Bonnie "Prince" Billy
Set 1At Break Of Day
Madeleine Mary
Someone Coming Through
What Shall We Do?
Troublesome Houses
Easy Does It
Merciless And Great
Teach Me To Bear You
Kids
That's What Our Love Is
Beware Your Only Friend
Set 2
Set 3
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08/22/2010
Iain Matthews
Set 1Intro
Joy Mining
Talk
Randolph Scott
Talk
Timing
Talk
Funk & Fire
Talk
Woodstock (with Richard Thompson)
Commentwith Jim Fogerty on electric guitar
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08/21/2011
Dan Bern
Set 1Jerusalem
Black Tornado
God Said No
Joyce and Gallaraga
Numbers Bring Me Down ?
Baby Bye Bye
Set 2
Set 3
Commentwith Jordan Katz
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08/17/2012
Mary Chapin Carpenter
Set 1intro
?
talk
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shut up and kiss me
he thinks he'll keep her
the way i feel
?
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down at the twist and shout
new years day
band intros
I take my chances
the hard way
Set 2
Set 3
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08/18/2012
Little Feat
121656, 131659
Set 1Spanish Moon
One Breath At A Time
Way Down Under
Rooster Rag
Church Falling Down
Willin' &gt;
Don't Bogart That Joint &gt;
The Weight
Dixie Chicken(short version)
Fat Man In The Bathtub &gt;
Abba Zaba &gt;
Fat Man In The Bathtub
Set 2
Set 3
CommentMartin Guitar Main Stage, Old Poole Farm
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08/18/2012
Lucinda Williams
Set 1ntro
Pineola
Can't Let Go
Crescent City
I Lost It
Blessed
Drunken Angel #
Something Wicked This Way Comes
Change the Locks
Hard Time Killing Floor Blues
Joy
Honey Bee
Set 2
Set 3
CommentLucinda Williams - g, v
Doug Pettibone - g, v

# w/ Steve Earle - harp,vocals
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08/18/2012
Steve Earle & the Dukes
Set 1Intro
Waitin' On The Sky
Little Emperor
Mystery Train Part II
Galway Girl
Molly-O
My Old Friend The Blues
Someday
Guitar Town
Copperhead Road
Ben McCulloch
Meet Me In The Alleyway
City Of Immigrants
Tanneytown
Hard-Core Troubadour
The Revolution Starts Now
Set 2
Set 3
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08/18/2012
John Hiatt & The Combo
Set 1Intro
Master Of Disaster
Tennessee Plates
Real Fine Love
Drive South
Buffalo River Home
Cry Love
The Blues Can't Even Find Me
Thing Called Love
Slow Turning
Set 2
Set 3
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08/19/2012
Red Clay Ramblers
Set 1?
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cotton eyed joe
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one meatball
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travelin that highway home
Set 2
Set 3
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08/17/2014
Steep Canyon Rangers
Set 1As I Go
Stand And Deliver
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Tell The Ones I Love
It Wont Be Long
Rescue Me
I've Always Been A Long Shot
?
Set 2
Set 3
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08/19/2017
Cry, Cry, Cry
Set 1(main stage set)
The Kid
Reunion
Cold Missouri Waters
Cathedrals
Memphis
Something to Get Through
(What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love, and Understanding
By Way of Sorrow
Set 2(workshop stage set)
The Ballad of Mary Magdalene
Satellites
These Days
We Learned the Sea
Reunion
Iowa
Set 3
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