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Pete’s Diary’s debut album “Keep On Rockin” is out now!!!

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Peter Dankelson
29 days
Petes Diary’s debut album “Keep On Rockin” is officially out NOW!!! Beyond excited to have this out there! Thank you to the many people that helped bring this to life. Play it loud and enjoy!!
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Peter Dankelson
3 years
Can’t believe it’s been a year. 💔 we miss you Eddie! Jamming my favorite Van Halen song “I’m The One”in his honor. #EddieVanHalen
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Peter Dankelson
2 years
Remembering Eddie Van Halen today. Jamming a bit of Hot For Teacher! Can’t believe it’s been 2 years.
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Peter Dankelson
3 years
Happy Birthday Jimmy Page! 🙌🎸
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Peter Dankelson
3 years
In honor of 50 years of Led Zeppelin IV here’s the “Stairway To Heaven” solo! #LedZeppelin #stairwaytoheaven
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2 years
Jamming some “Live Wire” today to celebrate @mrmickmars birthday!
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4 years
Hopefully the full song is coming soon! I’m ready for that solo. #Shotinthedark This definitely is going to need some tweaking but not a bad start for trying to jam it by ear from a 30 second teaser. #ACDC
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Peter Dankelson
10 months
So great hearing the @RollingStones back in action! Love the new single “Angry” and looking forward to the full album next month! #HackneyDiamonds #TheRollingStones
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5 months
Killer night getting to open for LA Guns and super fun getting to jam Rip and Tear at the end of the night! Thank you guys for having me up!
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Peter Dankelson
4 years
Happy Birthday @Slash thank you for always inspiring me to try and be the guitar player I can be! Cheers! #slash #happybirthday #GunsNRoses
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Peter Dankelson
3 years
Crank up some Motörhead a little louder than usual today. We lost Lemmy six years ago today! RIP.
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Peter Dankelson
4 years
Today we remember the late great Bon Scott of ACDC on what would have been his birthday! #acdc #music
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8 months
“Ride On” solo in honor of Malcolm Young who sadly passed away 6 years ago today.
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Peter Dankelson
3 years
HARD SKOOL!!!! Absolutely loving the new @gunsnroses song! 🙌 #hardskool #gunsnroses
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Peter Dankelson
2 years
Really loving the new @Metallica tune! Super fun to play! Can’t wait for the rest of the album to come out! #Metallica #LuxAeterna
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Peter Dankelson
6 months
Happy 50th anniversary @acdc and Happy New Year to all of you! Wishing you all good times and much happiness in 2024!
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Peter Dankelson
9 months
I can’t believe I got to hear Riff Raff live that’s one of my all time favorite songs!!!! Tonight was everything I could have possibly dreamed of and more. Best birthday EVER! So glad to see AC/DC back!
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Peter Dankelson
2 years
Went to see Dirty Honey last night and got pulled onstage to jam Highway To Hell! Thanks guys!
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Peter Dankelson
3 years
Happy Birthday Eddie Van Halen! We miss you!
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Peter Dankelson
3 years
Since it’s November 1st here’s the November Rain guitar solo! #novemberrain #GunsNRoses
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Peter Dankelson
1 year
Happy Birthday Angus!!!
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Peter Dankelson
3 years
@genesimmons Thanks for a super fun night!
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Peter Dankelson
3 years
Jamming one of my favorite ZZ Top tunes, Heard It On The X! RIP Dusty Hill!
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Peter Dankelson
4 years
Some Metallica today in honor of the late great Cliff Burton. #metallica @Metallica #CliffBurton
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Peter Dankelson
1 year
Remembering Gary Moore today. #garymoore #stillgottheblues
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Peter Dankelson
6 months
My heart is completely broken. We had to say goodbye to Dexter this morning. I love you so much buddy, thank you for an incredible 15 years. ❤️
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Peter Dankelson
3 years
Bit of YYZ in memory of the great Neil Peart who sadly passed away 2 years ago today. #RIPNeilPeart
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Peter Dankelson
9 months
I’ve been waiting for this day ever since I picked up the guitar in 2016. Tonight’s gonna be pretty surreal!
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Peter Dankelson
4 years
Just got the new @acdc Lightbox as an early Christmas gift! This thing is awesome! #pwrup
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Peter Dankelson
4 years
Been jamming some more Van Halen in tribute to the king and I gotta say I’m pretty proud of the tone I got for “Ain’t Talkin’ ‘Bout Love” such a great song #EddieVanHalen
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Peter Dankelson
3 years
RIP Charlie Watts!!!
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Peter Dankelson
9 months
Givin’ The Dog A Bone was a personal highlight last night. That was the tune I played on the Back In Black 40th Anniversary live in 2020. Was really awesome to hear that one!
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Peter Dankelson
3 years
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Peter Dankelson
4 years
RIP Leslie West!
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Peter Dankelson
3 years
Happy Birthday to my biggest guitar hero and inspiration, Angus Young! Playing one of my favorite solos from the High Voltage album called “Rock N Roll Singer” #angusyoung #ACDC
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Peter Dankelson
11 months
New @gunsnroses tune “Perhaps” sounds great!!! Fun to play! #GunsNRoses #perhaps
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Peter Dankelson
4 years
I’m not a good EVH style player but I wanted to play something to show tribute to one of my idols. Thank you for everything Eddie! #eddievanhalen
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Peter Dankelson
3 years
A little bit of @thebeatles “Here Comes The Sun”
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Peter Dankelson
3 years
Happy Birthday Rick Nielsen! Here’s a cover of “I Want You To Want Me” with a pick I caught after seeing him live a few days ago!
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Peter Dankelson
2 years
Since it’s November 1st…. #novemberrain
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Peter Dankelson
2 years
Happy Halloween! 👻🎸 #Halloween @Slash
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Peter Dankelson
4 years
DEMON FIRE!!!!! IT’S AN ALL-OUT HELLFIRE! This song is so much fun! #ACDC #PWRUP #demonfire
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Peter Dankelson
4 years
Always remember the joy Eddie had when he played. How can you not crack a smile when jamming this tune. What a ripper! #EddieVanHalen
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3 years
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Peter Dankelson
2 years
Thanks Tracii! Was great to meet you and the band. 👍
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2 years
I got to hang out with this rockstar last night. @petedank
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Peter Dankelson
2 years
Super exciting to meet @CheapTrickRick at last nights @rocknvodkas event in Lake Bluff!
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Peter Dankelson
4 years
Happy Birthday to my first guitar hero and one of my biggest inspirations as a player! Happy Birthday Angus Young! Hope to see you on the road sometime soon! #acdc #AngusYoung
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Peter Dankelson
3 years
New SMKC!!! Love “The River Is Rising” can’t wait for the rest of the album and to see these guys on tour. @todddammitkerns @Slash @franksidoris @MylesKennedy @brentfitz
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Peter Dankelson
9 months
Sin city!!!!!!!
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Peter Dankelson
3 years
Doctor said to take it easy the next few days! I think I’m following his advice pretty well!
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Peter Dankelson
4 years
Day 2 of the Back In Black 40th anniversary celebration with the iconic Shoot To Thrill! #acdc #music #RockAndRoll #BACKINBLACK40 @acdc @Petes_Diary
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Peter Dankelson
4 years
Detroit Rock City is a song that really means a lot to me. This was the first song I ever played for a live audience. Such a great song. @PaulStanleyLive @genesimmons @tommy_thayer @kiss #kissarmy
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Peter Dankelson
4 years
This ones for you Peter! Thank you for your influence and all the great music. #PeterGreen #RIPPeterGreen
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Peter Dankelson
1 year
Jamming a bit Jimi Hendrix “Fire” last night at The Vixen! We had such a great time!
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Peter Dankelson
3 years
Today is #RareDiseaseDay living with Goldenhar Syndrome definitely has its challenges but I’m proud of the person I am today because of it.
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Peter Dankelson
3 years
Remembering Rory Gallagher today on his birthday with the tune Laundromat. Great song! @rorygallagher #rorygallagher
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Peter Dankelson
1 year
Last night was pretty surreal! Got to jam at the whisky a Gogo with @laguns at their sold out show! Thank you guys so much for having me up to jam Rip and Tear. Huge thrill to jam on such an iconic stage that means so much to so many music lovers. Will never forget it!
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Peter Dankelson
1 year
Goin’ down to South Park gonna have myself a time #southpark
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Peter Dankelson
7 years
Here’s a small rig run down of some of the new stuff I got for Christmas! Including my new guitar! #RockAndRoll #mu
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Peter Dankelson
1 year
Massive thank you to @orianthi and her incredible band for letting me hop onstage last night and jam a bit. Had a ton of fun.
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Peter Dankelson
4 years
How’s some Metallica for your Monday? #MetallicaMondays #music
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Peter Dankelson
2 years
Merry Christmas!
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Peter Dankelson
3 years
Angus’s last solo in Let There Be Rock is one of my all time favorite solos. It’s so fun to play. #acdc
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Peter Dankelson
3 years
Jammed some Down Payment Blues this morning!
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3 years
@Petes_Diary @cyberdogzltd @petedank @acdc Hi Pete can you play some of Bon 's era Because of his birthday
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Peter Dankelson
4 years
Merry Christmas everyone!
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Peter Dankelson
2 years
Happy Birthday Angus Young! Jamming one of my favorite solos of his from the tune “Down Payment Blues” #AngusYoung #acdc
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Peter Dankelson
3 years
My first teletuesday! This guitar was custom built by a gentleman in Australia. It’s based off of Keith Richards legendary Micawber telecaster. Really digging it!
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Peter Dankelson
2 years
Happy 80th Birthday Paul McCartney!
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Peter Dankelson
3 years
Jamming Bohemian Rhapsody in honor of Freddie Mercury who sadly passed away 30 years ago today. #FreddieMercury
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Peter Dankelson
3 years
Happy Heavenly Birthday to the great Freddie Mercury!
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Peter Dankelson
1 year
So honored to be featured! Here’s a link to my full interview with guitar world!
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Guitar World
1 year
Peter Dankelson on how guitar was shocked into his system by AC/DC, and why nothing was going to stop him playing
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Peter Dankelson
4 years
Crazy storms going on here in Illinois right now!!! Don’t get thunderstruck! Stay safe. #tornadowarning #chicago #tornado
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Peter Dankelson
3 years
Love the new SMKC single “Fill My World” here’s my attempt at Slash’s solo! @todddammitkerns #smkc #slash @Slash @MylesKennedy
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Peter Dankelson
2 years
Guns N’ Roses Locomotive! Been having fun learning this one. What a jam! #gunsnroses
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2 years
Happy Birthday @Slash
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Peter Dankelson
7 years
Here’s a short but sweet stream tonight! Enjoy!
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Peter Dankelson
1 year
Incredibly honored to be included in the May 2023 issue of @GuitarWorld Super cool be on the same page as Jared James Nichols and it’s pretty surreal to see so many other great players I admire and look up to in this issue as well! Thank you all for your support!
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Peter Dankelson
8 months
That would be fun! I finally got to hold one at Power Trip and hit a few chords on it. It was awesome! Not sure which guitar is next. More sg’s are always on the radar 😂
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@Petes_Diary @NormansGuitars @petedank I think you deserve one of these Pete. The G6131 Malcom Young Signature Jet guitar.
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Peter Dankelson
3 years
THANK YOU!
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Barstool Sports
3 years
Fella With Goldenhar Syndrome Is Missing An Ear But Still Can Van-Gogh Off On The Guitar
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Peter Dankelson
7 months
Merry Christmas!!!!
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Peter Dankelson
4 years
Happy Birthday Jimmy Page!!!!! Here’s some fun jamming Communication Breakdown! @ledzeppelin @JimmyPage #JimmyPage
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Peter Dankelson
4 years
Remembering the great #JimiHendrix today who passed on 50 years ago today. Thank you for inspiring the world with your incredible music! #JimiHendrix50
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Peter Dankelson
4 years
Happy Birthday Alex Lifeson!!! It was great to meet you at Sweetwater unexpectedly last year. Thank you for always being a big influence to my guitar playing. Have a great day. @rushtheband #rush #AlexLifeson
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Peter Dankelson
3 years
Remembering the great Dimebag Darrell, who tragically passed away 17 years ago today. #DimebagDarrell
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Peter Dankelson
3 months
Happy Birthday to my biggest influence and all time favorite guitar player… Angus Young! Getting to see AC/DC for the first time at power trip in October was absolutely amazing and something I will never forget! Hope to be at a show again soon!
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Peter Dankelson
4 years
Continuing the EVH tributes with the classic Running With The Devil! Talk about an opening statement. What a way to kick off a classic album and legendary career. #EVHforever
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Peter Dankelson
4 years
La Grange jam! Happy Birthday @BillyFGibbons 🙌
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Peter Dankelson
3 years
Thinking of the late great Malcolm Young on the fourth anniversary of his passing. RIP and Ride On Malcolm we miss you. #acdc #malcolmyoung
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Peter Dankelson
4 months
Gonna be fun! Ripping and Tearing with LA Guns again tonight! So excited to be back on the big stage at the Arcada too it’s been a while!
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4 months
Warming up with @TraciiGuns for sold out #laguns #KKsPriest show tonight @ArcadaTheatre 🤘🏻 @petedank 🎸
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Peter Dankelson
4 years
Today we remember the legendary Bon Scott who passed away on this day 40 years ago. Here’s a small tribute to him with one of my favorite ACDC songs! Riff Raff off of the 1978 album Powerage!
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Peter Dankelson
4 years
Day 4 of celebrating Back In Blacks 40th anniversary with a personal favorite! “Given The Dog A Bone” and here’s some surprise singing too even though it’s really hard to hear. #BACKINBLACK40 #music #acdc @acdc @Petes_Diary
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Peter Dankelson
2 years
Jamming Led Zeppelins “Moby Dick” Page has some fun licks on this one!
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Peter Dankelson
2 years
Dinner at the Rainbow bar and grill tonight. ♠️
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Peter Dankelson
4 years
Day 6 of celebrating the Back In Black albums 40th anniversary with the title track of the album! Absolute classic! #music #acdc #rocknroll #BACKINBLACK40 @Petes_Diary @acdc
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Peter Dankelson
4 years
Day 1 of the Back In Black 40th anniversary celebration here’s Hells Bells to kick off the album! #acdc #BACKINBLACK40 #music @acdc @Petes_Diary
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Peter Dankelson
4 years
Day 7 of celebrating the Back In Black albums 40th anniversary! Here’s Angus’s iconic solo in “You Shook Me All Night Long” #music #acdc #RockAndRoll #BACKINBLACK40 @acdc @Petes_Diary
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Same reason why I love using them too
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Angus in 1988 talking about the only guitar he’s played for over 50 years, the Gibson SG:
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Peter Dankelson
2 years
Great time last night jamming with Buckcherry!
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Peter Dankelson
4 years
No words I’m in tears right now 💔 I can’t believe it.
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