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Musician Interview: Ted Leo and the Pharmacists Celebrate the 20th Anniversary Of “Shake the Sheets”
“I would say that a good half of ‘Shake the Sheets’ has always remained in our set. We haven’t necessarily played all of those songs at every show, but they’ve been rotating in and out all the time over the last 20 years.”
“I’m going to be 80 in October, and what a way to spend your 80th year on the planet, to be able to go out and do rock ‘n’ roll shows everywhere!”
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