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- ↑ "Plot Summary for Before the Music Dies". www.imdb.com. Retrieved 25 February 2011.
- ↑ "Puremusic review of B4MD". www.puremusic.com. Retrieved 25 February 2011.
- ↑ Before the Music Dies at IMDb
- ↑ "Faron West Bios" . Retrieved 25 February 2010.
- ↑ "Is Rock Star Dave Matthews a Publishing Genius?" . Retrieved 25 February 2010.
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