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- 1 2 http://www.stuartsoperahouse.org/index.php?item=114 An evening with Mike Compton & David Long
- 1 2 3 http://www.w36.com/inactive/blackcrowbooking/artists.html Black Crow Booking Mike Compton and David Long
- ↑ "Mike Compton". www.nashvillebluegrassband.net.
- ↑ "2nd Annual "An Evening of Bluegrass": Mike Compton and David Long with the Groundhawgs — NERA". Archived from the original on July 19, 2008. Retrieved September 17, 2009.
- ↑ "Bluegrass Reviews :: Mike Compton and David Long". Archived from the original on October 31, 2010. Retrieved September 22, 2009.
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