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You don’t see his name in the list of the absolute greats often enough – but drummers know. And people with stacks of, er, Stax Records records know – Al Jackson, Jr. was one of the all-time greatest, a better drummer you couldn’t hope to find. You want someone to just sit on the groove all day and ride that thing and own it – Al Jackson, Jr.
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