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- ↑ Blue Suede News - Volumes 37-45 - Page 46 Tom Rigney / Chasing the Devil Parhelion CD 50002
- ↑ Option - Issues 78-81 - Page 104 1998 TOM RIGNEY • Chasing the Devil Founding member of Back In the Saddle, fiddler for Queen Ida's Bon Temps band, and currently the leader of swamp rockers the Sundogs, Rigney has the credentials ...
- ↑ "Tom Rigney - Chasing the Devil Album Reviews, Songs & More | AllMusic". AllMusic .
