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CHARLES ESTEN

The moment it all started…

“The first acoustic guitars I liked would have been Simon and Garfunkel’s – the rhythmic slapping that’s all over Mrs Robinson. My mom says, when we used to go to the grocery store, I’d be in the front of the cart singing that one at the top of my lungs.

“My first try at playing guitar didn’t go well. I think we lose a lot of great guitarists to terrible guitars – especially

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