Mbo,

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Clue #1. Worked as a warmup act to Van Morrison before moving to Los Angeles to work as a session guitarist.

Clue #2. First album recorded in Nashville by producer Norbert Putnam.

Clue.#3 Eventually records at his own studio called "Mountain Bird".

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