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Bartees Strange

have the Eye of Agamotto, but Bartees Strange — the stage moniker of Washington, D.C.-based musician Bartees Leon Cox Jr. — creates his own kind of sorcery on guitar. Strange — who’s inspired by a wide spectrum of musical styles, including rock, blues, country, funk, hip-hop, rap, punk and hardcore.

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