Guitar for Jodi

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Guitar for Jodi
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ReleasedFebruary 1999
Genre Rock
Label Persona Recordings
Ted Leo and the Pharmacists chronology
Guitar for Jodi
(1999)
tej leo(?), Rx / pharmacists
(1999)

Guitar for Jodi is the debut EP by the Washington, D.C. rock band Ted Leo and the Pharmacists. It was released in 1999 by Persona Recordings. Like the group's debut album of the same year, it is technically a Ted Leo solo recording.

Track listing

  1. "I Need a Roof"
  2. "Lost on the Way to Load-in"
  3. "The Great Communicator"

Performers


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