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- ↑ "Doug Supernaw's Giant Comeback". Louisville Music News. Retrieved 9 November 2019.
- ↑ John Wolley (8 March 1996). "Supernaw's a Throwback... And So's His Music". TulsaWorld. Retrieved 9 November 2019.