Spencer Dickinson

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Spencer Dickinson
LabelsToy's Factory
Past membersJon Spencer and Luther Dickinson

Spencer Dickinson was a blues project made up of Jon Spencer of Blues Explosion and Luther Dickinson of the North Mississippi Allstars. [1] They released two albums:

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References

  1. "Spencer Dickinson". Grunnenrocks.nl. Retrieved 2015-11-03.
  2. Archived October 6, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  3. Archived September 29, 2011, at the Wayback Machine