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Favorite Solos: Dan Amrich (Contributing Writer)

published 3 October 2008

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1) Van Halen “Hot for Teacher” 2) Eric Johnson – “Cliffs of Dover” 3) The Beatles “The End” 4) Ric Ocasek (Larry Mitchell) “Rockaway” 5) Aerosmith “Permanent Vacation”

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