And then I was working with Rick Rubin on a session I think it. This site is nonprofit, but is not a registered nonprofit organization or entity. But usually, in all of those great bands, there's a lot of creative contribution by all of the musicians. I don't think I have ever watched a drummer being interviewed that was so relatable. Lynch contributed to the bands first eight albums, and he served as the bands original drummer for two decades until he decided to leave in 1994. That was 30 years ago. Tensions were thick backstage at the Bridge School Benefit, but the Heartbreakers still delivered an incredibly moving acoustic set featuring You Dont Know How It Feels, I Wont Back Down, Free Fallin' and, appropriately enough, Time To Move On. Heres a gorgeous rendition of Learning To Fly. Nobody knew it at the time, but it was Lynchs final gig with the band. And you just let him go. Probably best known for having been the longtime drummer and founding member of Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, Lynch has also toured the world with Bob Dylan, and written and produced songs for Don Henley, the Eagles, the Mavericks and many others. "The coolest thing about this is that I get to put a bookend on a really, really long book of life," says Stan Lynch, second from left, of reuniting with Mike Campbell, third from left. That's good advice for a lot of people now who have home studios and sit in them by themselves.Yeah, you need a muse. But if its all of us without Tom, theres this big hole in the room. [laughs] And it's really nice when you hear somebody in the room, even if you're not sure whether they're better than you or worse than you, but it's something you wouldn't do! Im really proud of the legacy. Is it better to take time off, or work through it until it comes back, or?Call a friend. But most musicians have no hobbies. Stan Lynch Since 1977, the world's most widely read drum magazine: in print, online, and the Modern Drummer app. Stan Lynch joined Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers in 1974 when Petty's piano player Benmont Tench recruited him. By submitting, you agree to receive communications (emails & texts) from Modern Drummer. I'm Bihter. By virtue of his band staying together and the quality of the musicians, the Heartbreakers are a singular story in popular music. Ive known him since I was 15. That was another experience for me, says Lynch. It never felt that strange. It hurts me to see somebody in that much pain, I really internalize it, it bothers me! I didnt talk to the Bogdanovich people, Lynch says. I didnt need to be that way. Dan Baird and Stan Lynch Team Up for New LP: Interview Matt Wardlaw Published: July 16, 2020 The Chefs Don't let the name of the new project by ex- Georgia Satellites frontman Dan Baird and. I reintroduced myself. And they don't! I was very grateful. At 45, Stan Lynch appears to be comfortably making the transition from archetypal wild rock drummer to trusted elder statesman - all the while retaining the same enthusiasm that made him stand out as a drummer, showing a keen interest in helping young artists through the struggles of building a career. And I cant tell you what you can and cant write., Oct. 2017: Tom Petty on life support after cardiac arrest, according to reports, The result is a penetrating profile in which Petty opens up for the first time about his heroin addiction, something he had sliced out of Peter Bogdanovichs four-hour documentary, 2007s Runnin Down a Dream. Zanes also coaxed Stan Lynch, the ex-drummer of Pettys longtime backing band, The Heartbreakers, to talk unflinchingly about his falling-out with Petty. I was still young and I didnt really understand what he meant by groove and feel. I remember asking Denny, What does that mean, can you quantify that? ), Drummer Talk 271 Agents and Managers 301, Recycled Percussion to perform in Super Bowl Pre-Show, Semisonic Drummer Slips on Ice, Breaks Hand. So it helps you to step back and maintain that perspective. So it was no small surprise in late 2021 when Lynch picked up his phone one day and heard Campbells voice on the other end. So I think making it tougher to have a record deal and not letting everyone in the club, actually helped. If its just one or two of us, thats one thing. At the end of the process, as was their agreement, Zanes sent Petty the book, and then flew out to California to hear his judgment in person. The Petty Archives is not in any way knowingly affiliated, associated, or endorsed by the Tom Petty estate, any of the Heartbreakers, and/or any of their current or previous management. And he, being the leader of the band, had to do most of the work around it. Here are a couple of albums Stan has worked on that are worth checking out: Barry Sides "Broken Hearts Broken Strings", Dixie Desperados , Drew Copeland and Gregg McMillan's first solo album. Stan talks about his years with Tom Petty & The . www.moderndrummer.com "You're never fired, you're just not asked to do the next thing". Stanley Joseph "Stan" Lynch (born May 21, 1955) is an American musician, songwriter and record producer. Blank Space: What Kind of Genius Is Max Martin? They held on trying to keep that band together. Stan: Absolutely. Now, people know you gotta own your own publishing - we didn't know! You know, I probably squandered a lot of good time. You stumble upon George Harrison, Jeff Lynne, and Petty in Pettys office, jamming. Ok, here's another attempt to post my Stan Lynch interview. No matter how hard I tried, they saw through me! Keith Moon, his drums sound like he's pushing washing machines over the hill! Below Deck Sailing Yachts Daisy Kelliher Is the Best Chief Stew. There was a lot of miscommunication and many immature sh*ts going down. There was a lot of things that were not said that should have been said, he says. Stan Lynch, the band's longtime drummer, who eventually quit in 1994, is unsurprisingly the most critical of Petty. Guitar Saved Me!: Jeff Beck Looks Back in Never-Before-Heard Interview Audio I can't worry about that - it would be so pathetic! But for many drummers, his playing defines the late rocker's greatest work. As a drummer, he's all about paradox and contrast: an irresistible blending of Charlie Watts' solid understatement with John Bonham's raw go-for-the-throat power, either of which might turn and rear its head within a single verse. To me, it was like, "Who gives a fuck? You have to make an honest statement like "I'm trying to sell! ', But when he went to speak, he found himself tentatively agreeing to the plan. Saying, These are the things that feel incredibly good, that cant be duplicated. It's like, for me, "Thank God Tom sold a lot of records 'cause now I can enjoy making music!". Stan Lynch . Double Platinum Supporting Member. I think, like Michael Jordan always says, that the fundamentals are what make people great. Walking like Tom Petty walks. It really came out very intense, at times remorseful, at times angry but he helped the book immeasurably. 90.9 KB Views: 172. The Del Fuegos were originally an Oberlin band that Dan Zanes, Warrens older brother, started with some college friends; Warren joined after Andover. No, he goes out and plays the songs that he wrote. I went to Toms then-wife, Jane, and said, Im not an autograph-seeking guy but were talking about a Beatle. And she grabbed me, brought me through this hallway and right to the door opening into Toms office. Within twenty-four hours, I was talking to Don and he said, Man, what are you doing? He is from OH. We didn't know any of these things! If you're in it for the journey, if what you're making isn't selling, I don't know if that means that you are doing anything wrong; it just means that at this moment in time, your best work, the music that you most want to make, isn't being received by the widest possible audience. And with that, there can be the ultimate cost. And he hasnt ever spoken about this before.The first thing he said to me on the subject is I am very concerned that talking about this is putting a bad example out there for young people. And he was still on that tour. We got beyond it. And I think among American rock-and-roll bands, theyre the very best. So I think that if you're flat, if you've hit a point where you just don't know where the hell to turn, that's usually somebody's way of saying, "Man, you need a bro.". Warren himself had been a Tom Petty fan since he was eleven, when he heard Breakdown on WBCN in Boston. Tons of them. And drummers tend to be, the big loud rock drummers tend to be that way in personality. We have estimated Stan Lynch's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets. And if you need me to explain it to you any better than that, I will. Stan Lynch was the original drummer for The Heartbreakers. And so I have regrets, but they dont hold me back. His net worth has been growing significantly in 2021-2022. When Tom Petty was asked to describe original Heartbreakers drummer Stan Lynch in the 2005 book Conversations With Tom Petty, the bandleader responded with, "Stan. Now there's a book in itself." Any book about the fifty-two-year-old Lynch would surely be an entertaining, fairly hilarious read. And I couldnt wait for it to end, he said, sipping his coffee. And it hasn't taken me very seriously. ', When he heard about Pettys death in 2017, Lynch says he was shocked, but not completely surprised. Youre at Pettys house at a Christmas party. Don't even mourn it when it goes; don't cry about it, if it explodes, let it go, just go "What a great moment!" He was the original drummer for Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers for 18 years until his departure in 1994. But I really had to let go of it or else I would walk around constantly trying to tell people who I used to be. I have a really good life, he says. I love that record as much and in some cases more than any of the classic Heartbreakers albums. And yelling and protesting. I found out hes turned out to be quite a gentleman and a real brother to me., It also turned out they needed a lot less time than they anticipated to lock back in musically. I park and go to the lounge outside his studio. I couldn't get over it, I always was much more lighthearted about it - even in the darkest days of my drug frenzy, which lasted a full month [laughter]. Theres also the matter of last years Peter Bogdanovichdirected Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers documentary Runnin Down A Dream. If you're the kind of person who's an addict, or if you know somebody who's an addict, get help! Later on, Stan Lynch worked with many other prominent names like the Eagles, Eddie Money, Toto, and Ringo Starr. [laughter] And the trick is to stay out of your own way, and to stay out of everybody else's way. During his tenure as a Heartbreaker, Lynch became intimately familiar with both the ups and the downs of working in a rock band. I wouldnt want to let anyone down, says Lynch. It works really well with him. So he tells me hes taking me to a Bob Marley & The Wailers gig, and he flips me the keys to his Ferrari. Pick up the May 2008 issue of Modern Drummer at music stores, book stores, and newsstands everywhere! How do you think you can keep that going?Discipline. And I think to try to predict what a group of people will buy is sad and frightening [laughs]. But then, when he left his marriage and moved into a house, by himself, things slowed just long enough that all of that past came right as hes coming into the pain of not being able to control the well-being of his kids and not being able to control a dialogue with his ex-wife. I imagine it's him saying, "You know, I'm only gonna put the best shit on my songI don't want one of these to die; they're hard to come by.". Id gone from Madison Square Garden to being a bike mechanic. He was working on a bike when he first heard Runnin Down a Dream, from Pettys 1989 album Full Moon Fever. And I thought, There he goes. But a lot of people think the same thing and it doesn't happen for them.Oh no, no. But, in his own way, he said, I just dont want to go back there. He soon found himself in the middle of some conversations that the band was having through himconversations they had never had with themselves. I learn from them.. If you know right from wrong, you speak up. Im not really there emotionally, he says. It was the greatest thrill of my life, Zanes said. That's when you've hit the real essence of collaboration, where you know you've found your partner. Thats how, in a very roundabout way, Warren Zanes, a deputy professor at New York University, came to write Petty: The Biography, a new book about one of rocks most enigmatic figures, and his band, the Heartbreakers. To revisit this article, select My Account, thenView saved stories, To revisit this article, visit My Profile, then View saved stories. He had had encounters with people who did heroin, and he hit a point in his life when he did not know what to do with the pain he was feeling. Ive thought about having different singers up there doing the songs, but why? Since leaving the Heartbreakers, Lynch has gone on to become a successful producer and songwriter, performing those duties with Henley, the Mavericks, Ringo Starr, Matraca Berg, Toto and many others. Out came Petty, walking his walk, carrying the manuscript. Zanes also coaxed Stan Lynch, the ex-drummer of Petty's longtime backing band, The Heartbreakers, to talk unflinchingly about his falling-out with Petty. Thats a long run to have someone in your life one way or another., Campbell sent over the two recent albums he released with his longtime backing band the Dirty Knobs, 2020s Wreckless Abandon and 2022s External Combustion, and told him to learn the songs. They were very bright men. But it's a wonderful thing to know that I'm on a journey now. I wish somebody had told me that. He left the band in 1994 due to personal differences with Petty. Cohasset, Mass. I could have been more applied as an artist earlier, you know, I could have made more of a statement for myself. I figured, "Well I'm off the road, my job's done, whoopeeee!" Artists, Interviews Opt out through the unsubscribe link in any marketing email. If I had a record label, I'd sign him. Yes. He basically has no connection to that family back in Florida. So I'd say on the way to success: doubt. I don't get the angst. Great attitude, he knows how funny this shit is, he knows it's all Spinal Tap. In addition to academic papers on rock, he wrote the 33 and 1/3 book on Dusty Springfields album Dusty in Memphis. Around 2000, he stopped listening to new musicexcept for Tom Petty. I know there's a very depressive side of me that, if I let it, as high as I can get on something, I can go just as far down. I'd be in a band with him tonight if he'd let me. I just learn from them., Campbell feels the same way. Books: * Bill the Boy Wonder: The Secret Co-Creator of Batman (nonfiction picture book); illustrated by Ty Templeton . But we dont mind our heroes being human. Really hurts some guys. Like, if Jimi Hendrix had quit when the first 3 guys rejected himI'm just using Hendrix because he's such an icon to me. Hes just not a self-promoter. Im suddenly in this room holding a magazine. So, you have to be prepared to live with that as a self-employed musician, you have to be prepared to suffer that. In retrospect, I look back at that scene, in that office, and I think that maybe its the happiest Ive seen Tom Petty by looking at his face. I was so vibed. I sat down at the drums and I didnt know whether to cry or barf. So we're even! But other people will drag things out of you and it's beautiful if you let it happen. [laughter]. As were driving, hes making me haul ass, and he says, Stanley, driving a Ferrari fast, thats what a groove feels like. At the gig, Marley had the place hypnotized. He could have handled things better, and his mistakes were mainly related to miscommunication and immaturity. Its felt really nice to get my friend back., They finally met up a few months ago at Campbells Los Angeles home studio he calls Knobville. Tom Petty was a heroin addict in the 90s. I mean I'd say thatjoy and curiosity have overwhelmed stagnation and bitterness. All I know is that I have very selective memory about the whole experience, very positive. In a world of headlines, this is going to be a big one. So that was the perspective I had immediately. I was ashamed. And he said, This is really good. He sounded just like Tom Petty when he said it. We had recorded some of the songs with Stan (Lynch, the Heartbreakers' drummer through the mid-'90s) at Mike (Campbell)'s house. My ride is like, I want to be around the best, coolest musicians that will have me! I just heard "record deal"! But I think he did because hes had his own experiences with books that portray his heroes as humans. When original Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers drummer Stan Lynch was let go from the group in 1995 or excommunicated, to use his own term he started a new chapter of his life in Florida as a producer-songwriter and rarely looked back. Its a moment in which these guys, no matter how corny it might sound, they were kind of falling in love with each other. having this conversation," he said in a 2003 interview with Newsweek. When he gets married, its the same thing. It still blows my mind that that shit that I remember cutting like it was last week is still somehowviewed asREAL! I remember when the other guys I was working with would say, "We're only making 300 a week!" I have regrets. Other guys in the band were going like [growling], "Nobody lets me sleep anymore. But the last time I tried, I dont know if he was in a better spot, I reduced it to, Stan, I will fly down there, rent a car, come to your door for 20 minutes. I grabbed him and told him what I needed to tell him. But it must be more difficult for the person who's been successful for a long time on their own terms, and then all of a sudden something fails.Yeah, you don't sell records. And our bass player Crawdaddy [Lance Morrison] said, You should play that song together in the show. Lynchs run ends after a June 26 show in Aspen, Colorado. And certainly in Pettys life, it was a big deal when he and George Harrison came together. Plus: each Wednesday, exclusively for subscribers, the best books of the week. I mean, somebody dies, or somebody hates itto get a run, a creative run, is amazing, period. Heartbreakers Howie Epstein was cut loose because of his heroin addiction. Very few go forever, you know. Stan Lynch joined Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers in 1974 when Pettys piano player Benmont Tench recruited him. His feel somehow combines the loose gallop of great classic rock'n'roll with the unrelenting tension of barely contained energy. So, how much is Stan Lynch worth at the age of 67 years old? But they're in it for a different ride. That was not a problem for me! And I was poised to do that. In Lynchs mind, it was a Heartbreakers song. Sep 18, 2019 #32 John DeChristopher DFO Veteran. Apart from the enduring work he crafted with the Heartbreakers, Lynch's stage and studio credits as a drummer also include the likes of Bob Dylan, Don Henley, Aretha Franklin, The Eurythmics, Roger McGuinn, Stevie Nicks, Del Shannon, T-Bone Burnett, and Warren Zevon. Highlights from the week in culture, every Saturday. Pettys also addicted, and he gets to work his way out of his. Rock drummers seem to be almost expected to be troublemakers, and early on you had that reputation. I have the slang and the cadence and the understanding of how those songs are supposed to be translated. In light of your experience of being in a band for so long, what advice would you give to band leaders to help the chemistry; what do you think is the best possible way to bring out everybody's creativity in a band situation?The truth of the matter is the best bands, including the Beatles and the Stones and the Who, have a core of creative fire to them that needs to be nurtured before the other people need to be nurtured. And I wonder if you have any idea what the core values are that have helped you to stay sane, and also to grow as a person as you've gotten older and avoid becoming stagnant or bitter.Well I have those days.stagnant and bitter, that would describe several weeks of the year. I thought we were going out there to draw blood! I know what youre feeling, so get on a plane. So I did. Now which one is it? A totally different sound, yet completely him., Zanes enrolled in Loyola and spent the next twelve years in universities, eventually getting a Ph.D. from Rochester University in Cultural Studies. You gotta find your crowd and then you gotta give it up to them a little too, you know; you can't force them to love you. He then joined Eagles for 'Hell Freezes Over' and went on tour with. 79.6 KB Views: 141. Christ, you're kidding! Date:circa 2000Interviewer: Lee FlierInterviewee: Stan LynchNotes: I found this when browsing an old capture of MusicPlayer.com from the Wayback Machine. Percussion group Recycled Percussion has a unique, In the early hours of Friday, January 13, Dave had his, LA Weekly just released an article detailing Gadd and, 2 sold-out Twin Cities shows have been called off, Jazz and fusion drummer Alphonse Mouzon died on Sunday. That's when it fell apart with Stan." The tensions between Lynch and Petty had been building ever since the late 1980s when Petty recorded with the Traveling Wilburys and followed that up with. Tom Petersson from Cheap Trick - didn't hurt him! Man, we used to have a joke in the first band I was in, which was: lower your goals and succeed! And when it happens, its certainly a big deal. Mofo on Drums - Stan Lynch Tribute - Tom Petty - Breakdown - YouTube 0:00 / 3:19 Mofo on Drums - Stan Lynch Tribute - Tom Petty - Breakdown Michael 254 subscribers Subscribe 1.6K views 4. I'm interested in rock music, literature, cinema, and doing research in Cultural Studies. In a recent interview, Lynch recalled some of his most memorable experiences, including his 2002 . Then youre at this party and you hear rumblings that George Harrison is in the building. Again, in his own way. Print Profile Email Profile View Stanford-only Profile Tab Menu . Because theyre so good. And he was dissing Stan Lynch for being behind the beat. Stan said no to the interview between three and four times. It also fucks with the legacy. And so when they became, quote, rock stars they thought they were better than other people. I wont get into all that, but we were young and stupid and full of too much testosterone. But Saturday night in Boulder, Colorado, he was right back where he should be - backing up Mike Campbell and playing Tom Petty songs. All Rights Reserved. Stan Lynch page 1.jpg. ', Editors picks There are times I wish that Petty was more of a self-promoter if only so that his songs could travel a little more widely. 'Cause I mean, an artistic life is a pretty bizarre life anyway, a lot of artists don't ever get paid till they're dead, they're not even noticed - and even then! Sojust pick a time. When the director of Goodfellas decided to make Personality Crisis, a documentary about David Johansen and his alter ego, Buster Poindexter, he wanted it to be a family affair. It wasn't a valid thing, there was no business to back me up on that. It's funny, you know, working in a band is a chop; it's just another chop. Most people collaborate, and sometimes I've been in collaborations where the person is basically just using me as a sounding board, and that's all that's required. [laughter] I mean, I know that. You keep this band together. During a three-night stint at the Roxy in L.A., in the mid- eighties, Petty got in touch and invited the group to his place in Encino. Stan Lynch: Drumming in the Music BizInsights on how to stay sane in a crazy business. It made a big difference for me, and I believe my participation made a huge difference for them., Lynch has stayed on good terms with Heartbreakers keyboardist Benmont Tench during the past 30 years, and the drummer is very open to the idea of one day playing with all the surviving members of the group in some capacity. So I think that sorta nailed it on the head, I heard that and I never forgot it. Hep Alien and Yannick like this. I've been extremely curious about what's gonna happen if? Are you up for it?, Lynchs first instinct was to decline the offer. Stan Lynch page 2.jpg. Great guy! Now all those fans have got good reason to celebrate. And he's also one of the biggest displays of the pitfalls from beyond success: drug addiction, overindulgence, friends that aren't friendsthe peripheral players that just kill you, they bleed you. Attachments. He described us as not his main gig. The next incarnation. I just couldnt look at it. Tom Petty has had too many hits for some critics to be fully comfortable with him. Then Covid Trapped Them There. It's inevitable that some shit is gonna fly. I mean, to me the most rock'n'roll thing you can do is not give a shit! Ad Choices. Stan Lynch, the bands longtime drummer, who eventually quit in 1994, is unsurprisingly the most critical of Petty. Pettys got a very strong voice, of course, but I needed the foil. You know? Youll know it when you know it. Sure enough, we went back to the studio and we got two tracks that night. [1] Early years [ edit] Lynch was born in Cincinnati, [2] Ohio, U.S., and moved to Gainesville, Florida, in the early 1960s. Also, I could never really close doors on people that were important in my past. The last tour that they had Howie on, in the days prior to the tour, he was stopped by police in a stolen car with Carlene Carter with black tar heroin. I watched really depressing people get more depressed. For now, though, this feature on one of rocks most tasteful timekeepersa true player of the songwill do, for theres plenty to discuss with Lynch. You don't need to try so hard - boy, you wasted a lot of energy trying to be loved by everybody, and the bottom line is that wasn't what was important. I think hunger makes the best sauce, and I think that fortune, money and all that shit that comes along with it can really.working too close to your comfort zone is not necessarily great art. Tom Petty and the Heartbreakershad been off the road for nearly a year when the 1994 Bridge School Benefit came around. ), Looking back at that intense time all these years later, Lynch says he wishes hed handled the situation a bit differently. If you're actually really good, and they don't get it, you can actually believe that you're wrong and they're right. We have the same musical pulse we always had, says Campbell. There sat the fantastic coffee. Now, I have friends that are in their 20's and 30's, and they've already been to business school and they've been to music college andyou can actually select rock star and supermodel on your job application [laughter]. When he gets into a rock band, thats like the second chance to have a family. 2023 Cond Nast. And at the end of 20 minutes, if you tell me to leave, I will leave. If you still have to prove something to others other than yourself. Its become a very special moment and the crowd picked up on the love between us.. Petty is a rock star who is also a member of a band that has been together since the mid-seventies, and it is difficult to be one without undermining the other. My take on that record is that I like bands that count to four and play loud. It's two immovable objects that hit each other at 100 miles an hour, what is gonna happen? Stan Lynch. But a lot of that has calmed down. Then today, as soon as his tour bus hit Philadelphia, it all began again with three more. Guys at that level of success, I think they meet fewer people where they think, this could be a friendship. But it got untenable. Moral dilemmas, relationships, parenting and more. Thats kind of the Heartbreakers code. And I thought, Okay well, youre being paid like its main gig. I had a feeling that the dough was the only reason he hadnt walked off yet.. You have left the Del Fuegos. He didnt like the record. A couple things. So I think that a lot of people made their best work when they were hungry 'cause they had to. They were the best and brightest at the game for a minute there, and I was in very rarified air and extremely good company for a moment there. I keep going back to this band and I cant help but feel like the reason the Heartbreakers wont die, cant die, is because Pettys family was so dysfunctional. That's how I see it now. I have a proposition for you, said Campbell, who was on the verge of kicking off his first-ever solo tour, but was going to be without regular drummer Matt Laug for a period in the spring and summer when he had commitments in Europe with Italian superstar Vasco Rossi. The funny thing is, I really wanted to fit in so desperately, even up to the bitter end. If you still wanna stay in the biz, if you're still feeling useful. If you're in it to make as much money as possible, that's a question you would really have to consider. That 20 minutes turned into two days and eight hours. No, I don't sign autographs," that kind of shit. . Id drive up; gate opens. I'm not sayingI'm certainly not bulletproof. But Petty was always just the right fit, for me, my brother, my sister and my mother. They got me a Beatles magazine from 1965, the year I was born. Well, if your ego gets in the way and that's what's dominating your thinkingThat would be so sad! Collaboration is a whole other thing, you have to let the collaboration happen, and that's a wonderful lesson to learn. The 100 Greatest TV Shows of All Time, In some small ways, the experience mirrored a very difficult time in Lynchs career with the Heartbreakers when Petty cut 1989s Full Moon Fever as a solo album and asked the band to learn the songs and tour it with him. Being the leader of the work around it understanding of how those songs are supposed be! 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