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(Original Caption) Charlie Daniels (3rd from left), the entertainer who dedicated his last album to "gun-rotting whiskey and hellatious fights" says he will not play gentle music just to please "damn Yankees drinking martinis" 1/20 at Jimmy Carter's inaugural reception. Daniels said he plans to play the same brand of foot-stomping Southern music he and his band have always produced. They are (from left), Charlie Hayward, Tom Crain, Daniels, Joel Digregorio, Don Murray and Fred Edwards.

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NEW YORK – 1964: Rock and roll band "The Rolling Stones" pose for a portrait in 1964 in New York City, New York. (L-R) Brian Jones, Keith Richards, Bill Wyman, Charlie Watts. (Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)

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