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UNSPECIFIED – CIRCA 1970: Photo of "The Mamas And The Papas" Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images
SAN FRANCISCO – MAY 13: Paul Kantner, Mickey Thomas, Pete Sears and Craig Chaquico perform with the Jefferson Starship in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco on May 13, 1979. (Photo by Ed Perlstein/Redferns/Getty Images)
Tom Petty (1950 – 2017) plays guitar as he leads his band, the Heartbreakers, during a performance on the 'Long After Dark' tour at Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, New York, March 31,1983. (Photo by Gary Gershoff/Getty Images)
