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REM And Big Star Members Join Blitzen Trapper At SXSW

by Paul Cashmere

At SXSW anything can happen and often days. Last night at Stubbs BBQ, Mike Mills and Peter Buck of REM, Ken Stringfellow and members of Big Star joined Blitzen Trapper on stage.

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