Best Don Lombardi Podcasts (2024)

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S2 E95 - Billy’s Bubble - Raven Drum Foundation 54:17

2M ago54:17

54:17

Hello everyone, welcome to Billy’s Bubble! This episode features a behind-the-scenes look into Def Leppard’s Rick Allen and singer/songwriter Lauren Monroe’s organization Raven Drum Foundation. The organization was started twenty years ago by Rick & Lauren to raise awareness of healing through music, with drum circles, (with many top drummers & mus…

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S-8 Expenses going up Money going down what’s going on ? 29:43

3M ago29:43

29:43

In this episode Dr Tim talks about why things are going. Up and discuss some strategies to. Reduce and Pay bills and start saving. Now

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S2 E94 - Fred Coury 1:12:17

6M ago1:12:17

1:12:17

Hello everyone, Billy Amendola here. My guest today Fred Coury is mostly known as the drummer from the eighties MTV-multi-platinum-band Cinderella. Coury and Cinderella parted ways in 1991 and Fred joined Stephen Pearcy of Ratt to form the band Arcade and record two albums. Fred also briefly substituted for GnR’s drummer Steven Adler in 1987 when h…

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S2 E93 - Cole Marcus 50:48

6M ago50:48

50:48

Hello everyone! Billy A. here with my guest Cole Marcus, who is no stranger to our Drum Channel audience. I remember meeting and seeing Cole mesmerize a crowd at a NAMM SHOW when he was four years old, which doesn’t sound odd these days, but over two decades ago, it wasn’t as common as now. These days, now twenty-five years old, Cole has released a…

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S2 E92 - Earl Young R&B Legend 1:18:05

6M ago1:18:05

1:18:05

Hello everyone, Billy Amendola here on Drum Channel with my long-time friend and R&B/Soul legend Earl Young. Earl, known as the founder and singer of the group The Trammps, (and recording drummer) took the disco world to the mainstream pop charts with their smash hit “Disco Inferno” among others. Always having success as both a vocalist as well as …

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S2 E91 - Vicki & Debbi Peterson with John Cowsill 59:35

7M ago59:35

59:35

Hello everyone! John Cowsill is back, and this time he brought his beautiful wife Vicki. Most of you on Drum Channel should be familiar with John’s career, he’s been drumming almost as long as he’s been walking. We’re going to talk about his appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show at age eight years old with his family band The Cowsills, and their hit s…

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2023 Reflections 25:49

7M ago25:49

25:49

In this season 7 FinallyDr Tim talks. About things that happened to him and family and friends in 2023

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Save Money in 2024 15:04

7M ago15:04

15:04

In the current economic climate that we all live in it is more important then every to save money for emergencies and. General things Dr Tim. Talks about spending less and save. And. Cut back on credit cards, debt cards transaction and. Start using. Other payment things to pay for bills and expenses

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S2 E90 - Rick Astley 49:36

7M ago49:36

49:36

Hello, my Drum Channel family! Billy Amendola here in my “Bubble” with, our special guest, superstar Rick Astley. Before exploding on the pop charts in the 1980s, Astley was playing drums in bands and singing from behind the kit. Once he stepped out front, a new calling began. He was labeled one of the best singers to come out of the U.K. and take …

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S2 E89 - Narada Michael Walden 1:06:35

7M ago1:06:35

1:06:35

Hello Hello! Billy Amendola in my “Bubble” with today’s guest, who is not only one of the most respected musicians/producers on the planet, but he’s also been a mentor, an inspiration, and a dear friend to me for decades. He appeared on the scene in NYC from Michigan as a drummer and teacher. A few of his students include Omar Hakim, the late Tony …

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15 is the new 10 31:26

7M ago31:26

31:26

And this episode Dr. Tim talks about inflation how many people are working 2 to 3 jobs just to make it and people take inside jobs just to get Christmas gifts for their families

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S2 E88 - Liberty DeVitto 46:03

7M ago46:03

46:03

Hello Everyone, welcome to “Billy’s Bubble” on Drum Channel. Today’s show features my co-host, longtime friend, and the beat on every Billy Joel hit, Liberty DeVitto. Lib & I got together to honor and pay tribute to the late great Hall of Fame drummer Dino Danelli. The legendary drummer best known as an innovator, inspiration, and influence to thou…

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S2 E87 - Gethin Davies 55:58

8M ago55:58

55:58

Hello everyone! This is a “Billy's Bubble” segment here on Drum Channel, and my guest today is a friend and drummer/bandmate for one of the most popular pop/rock bands on the planet, The Struts. The new album “Pretty Vicious” is the band's fourth album, and each gets better and better. The band is ending the 2023 tour and already getting prepared f…

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S-7 Episode Stop Judging Situations that you are not apart of 26:26

8M ago26:26

26:26

Dr Tim. Discusses a situation on the job that if he would. Not have quickly responded could have traumatic consequences

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S2 E86 - Jorge Palacios 1:03:58

8M ago1:03:58

1:03:58

Hello everyone, Billy A. and my guest today on Drum Channel is Rick Springfield’s Jorge Palacios. Jorge has been touring and recording with Springfield since 2010. The gig was originally scheduled for three days as a fill-in for drummer Roger Carter, who was going through health issues at the time and it became the start of a long music relationshi…

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S2 E85 - Marshall Chess & Keith Leblanc 1:00:30

8M ago1:00:30

1:00:30

Hello everyone! Billy Amendola here, and my show today is one of my “Billy’s Bubble” segments, featuring Marshall Chess, the son of Chess Records founder Leonard Chess. Chess, a Polish/Jewish immigrant, and his brother Phil created what many describe as “America’s Greatest Blues label.” You’ve heard of Willie Dixon, Howlin Wolf, Bo Diddley, Chuck B…

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S2 E84 - T.J. Steinwart 40:35

8M ago40:35

40:35

Hello everyone, Billy Amendola here with my guest today, drummer T.J. Steinwart from the upcoming independent rock band Feel. If you’re a fan of late 60s British rock drumming and California 70s blues/rock, you will dig T.J. and the band Feel. The vibe of the young band from St. Louis, Missouri, floats back to the sounds of Humble Pie, Bad Company,…

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S2 E83 - Donald Barrett 1:10:55

8M ago1:10:55

1:10:55

Hello everyone, Billy Amendola here on Drum Channel with my guest, Donald Barrett. Donald recently wrapped up a Las Vegas residency with superstar artist Lady GaGa on her “Piano & Jazz” show. Over the years, Donald has toured and or performed with Toni Braxton, Seal, Tony Bennett, Sade, Pussycat Dolls, Dolly Parton, and Josh Kelly. From 2006 to 200…

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S2 E82 - Garrett Whitlock & Wolfgang Van Halen 37:51

9M ago37:51

37:51

Hello everyone, Billy Amendola and I’m in Brooklyn, New York in my bubble for this special episode. My guests today are two members of the band Mammoth WVH Garrett Whitlock and Wolfgang Van Halen. As on the previous Mammoth debut, which started as a solo project, Van Halen writes and plays all the instruments, vocals and drums. Band member Garrett …

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S2 E81 - Jessica Lynn 45:49

9M ago45:49

45:49

Hello everyone, welcome to “Billy’s Bubble” on Drum Channel. In this segment, we talk to independent country/pop artist Jessica Lynn. Jess recently returned from a long-awaited two-month European tour that was planned to take place just as the pandemic began. We talk to Jess about the tour, her career as an independent artist/singer/songwriter, her…

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S2 E80 - David Uosikkinen 58:48

9M ago58:48

58:48

Hello everyone! My guest today is Hooters drummer and long-time band member David Uosikkinen. David and the band recently recorded and released a new album, “Rocking & Swing,” that took the band back to their original ska/reggae sound from the early eighties. The band of forty-plus years has just wrapped up their European/US tour, their first lengt…

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S2 E79 - Ray Chew 49:27

9M ago49:27

49:27

Hello, it’s me, Billy Amendola, on “Billy’s Bubble here on Drum Channel. My guest today is music director Ray Chew. Ray was a child prodigy since the age of six, he was a first-call studio and touring musician since the mid-seventies, and he’s been on TV producing and leading house bands for over two decades. He’s worked with Melba Moore, Ashford &…

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S2 E78 - Daxx Nielsen 40:07

10M ago40:07

40:07

Hello everyone, Billy Amendola here in NYC on the Drum Channel Podcast. Today, my guest, Daxx Nielsen, who joined the superstar band Cheap Trick over a decade ago, talks with us about his experience with the legendary band, sharing a tour opening with Rod Stewart, his early years with his original band Harmony Riley with his brother Miles, and more…

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The New Car Hustle 37:51

10M ago37:51

37:51

Topic of discussion is about the current car market and prices of vehicles and add on to hyper inflation of car prices to credit and down payment, alternative car purchases and. Prices

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S2 E77 - Tony Cintron 1:03:31

10M ago1:03:31

1:03:31

Hello, everyone, and welcome to Drum Channel East. The Bronx is in the house today! My guest Tony Cintron, is best known as both a percussionist and drum set player. A native New Yorker Tony has recorded and toured with many of the best in the industry playing R&B, smooth-jazz, Latin-jazz, salsa, gospel, pop and rock. One of Tony’s first big gigs o…

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S2 E76 - Erik Eldenius 54:15

10M ago54:15

54:15

Hello everyone, welcome! I’m Billy Amendola and my guest today live in the studio at Drum Channel East is Billy Idol’s Erik Eldenius. Erik stopped by on his day off of touring with Idol to chat about his career, working with Billy for the past twelve years, (on a recommendation from producer/songwriter/drummer Keith Forsey), his first taste of succ…

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S2 E75 - Pete Nappi 53:28

10M ago53:28

53:28

Hello everyone, welcome to “Billy’s Bubble” here on Drum Channel. Joining Amendola for this week's cover story features one of the most popular hit-making young producers, musicians, and songwriters Pete Nappi. Billy first met Pete in 2016 at an off-tour show in Brooklyn, New York for iHeart radio station Z-100. Nappi was drumming and producing his…

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S2 E74 - Tal Bergman 59:06

11M ago59:06

59:06

Hello everyone, Billy A. here, and my guest is drummer/producer/composer Tal Bergman. Tal has worked with Billy Idol, Chaka Khan, B.B. King, Dave Mason, Roger Daltrey, Sammy Hagar, Simple Minds, Joe Bonamassa, Billy Gibbons, Herb Alpert, Chris Botti, Terence Trent D’Arby, Peter Cetera, Heart, Belinda Carlisle, A Tribe Called Quest, De La Soul and L…

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ITP #010: Quarterback Class - The 1983 Draft

11M ago

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Episode 10. The story of John Elway, Jim Kelly & Dan Marino begins in 1983, in one of the most memorable drafts in NFL History. A draft fall due to drug rumours, to signing for a USFL team, to choosing baseball over football - the league as we know it now could have been far different if three Hall Of Fame talents had embarked on different paths.…

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S2 E73 - Steve Rucker 52:57

11M ago52:57

52:57

Hello Drum Channel family! Billy A here and my guest today is Steve Rucker. Steve is known these days as one of the most respected educators on the planet. Since 1979, Rucker has been the Director of Drum-set Studies at the University of Miami, Florida. Steve’s also a well-known touring and recording artist, mainly as the drummer in The Bee Gees fo…

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ITP #009: Don Shula - The Winning Edge

11M ago

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Episode 9. The habit of winning becomes so ingrained in some teams and coaches that casual reflection can often sell their achievements short. For thirty-three years, all Don Shula did was win football games. In the wake of his recent death we look at his life, the records he set, the legacy he leaves and just exactly what it was that gave him 'The…

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S2 E72 - Joey Cassata 39:19

11M ago39:19

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Hello, it’s me, Billy Amendola, here at Drum Channel East with my guest Joey Cassata. I I first became aware of Joey and his band ZO2 with the Z brothers Paulie and the late David Z., from their IFC comedy TV series Z Rock. The trio recorded a few albums, and went on tour opening for their childhood idols. Joey is also a member Trans Siberian Orche…

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ITP #008: Rivals Of The NFL

11M ago

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Episode 8. The NFL, as a brand and as a product, seems impervious to competition. Many startup leagues have tried to take on the billion dollar empire and help itself to a slice of the pie. All of them have failed. On this latest Inside The Pocket, the boys look back at the USFL, XFL and the recent AAF and try to understand what went wrong, and if …

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S2 E71 - Brian Dunne 54:34

11M ago54:34

54:34

Hello everyone, welcome to Drum Channel. I’m Billy Amendola, and my guest for this segment is Brian Dunne. Brian is currently on tour backing both Daryl Hall and Todd Rundgren. Dunne is also the house drummer for the TV show “Live from Daryl’s House.” Let’s welcome Brian to Drum Channel.

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ITP #007: Lawrence Taylor

11M ago

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Episode 7. A man who was so good at football he forced the rest of the National Football League to adapt to him. A man who was so bad at self control he came close to the abyss on more than one occasion. Terrified opponents simply knew him as '56' or 'LT'. Hall of Famer and two-time Superbowl winner Lawrence Taylor is the subject of our latest Insi…

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S2 E70 - Rocky Bryant 46:17

11M ago46:17

46:17

Hello everyone and welcome to Drum Channel. Billy Amendola here at DC East studios with my guest Rocky Bryant. Rocky is one of those players who has performed and or recorded with numerous amount of superstars but remains in the background, not one to rest on his laurels, his goal is to do his job and he does it well; in any genre. He’s both a hire…

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ITP #006: QB Cotroversy - Joe Montana v Steve Young

12M ago

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Episode 6. They say competition for starting spots in any sport breeds success. But in football, the Quarterback position in this regard is rather unique. We look back at one of the most compelling battles to be starting QB of all time: Joe Montana v Steve Young, two Hall Of Fame Quarterbacks who between them helped The San Francisco 49ers establis…

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S2 E69 - Joe Franco & Jules Radino 49:24

12M ago49:24

49:24

Hi, Billy Amendola here. Welcome to Drum Channel! East Long Island is in the house today! My buddies Joe Franco (The Good Rats, Twisted Sister, Widowmaker with Dee Snider, & Beatstreet Studio owner) and Blue Oyster Cults Jules Radino, who’s been playing with the legendary band for twenty-years, came back to Brooklyn to talk drums and drumming and s…

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ITP #005: Vince Lombardi

12M ago

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Episode 5. In the final instalment of the Inside The Pocket series this offseason, the boys look at possibly the most iconic Head Coach in the history of the NFL. From struggling to get past racial stereotyping in his early career, to having so much success the Superbowl trophy is named after him, this pod dives deep into the makeup of the sport's …

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S2 E68 - Yoni Madar 38:29

12M ago38:29

38:29

Hello everyone, Billy Amendola here on Drum Channel and I’m excited to introduce you to a drummer/multi-instrument from Israel, Yoni Madar. (whose handle on Instagram is Johnny Mathar) I’ve been watching his videos on social media for almost close to a year before I reached out to say hello, and let me tell you, if you haven’t seen him play, you mu…

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ITP #004: NFL Scandals

12M ago

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Episode 4. Serious turns to sinister in the latest instalment of the Inside The Pocket series as the boys turn their attention to NFL scandals. Pushing the boundaries of fair play is common in most sports. It's how far you take it that distinguishes the blurred lines between gaining an edge and cheating. In this pod we look at three moments of the …

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ITP #003: Iron Mike

12M ago

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Episode 3. The lads get serious once more and trundle back to the early 80's, exploring the crazy world of Iron Mike Ditka. A face like a fist and a mouth like a sailor, Ditka was as boisterous as he was talented. From Hall of Fame Tight End to Superbowl wining Head Coach, we discuss what it is that drove such an angry man to success, and whether h…

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E2 E67 - Molly Rose 36:02

1y ago36:02

36:02

Hello everyone Billy Amendola here; Welcome to Drum Channel. Today my guest is a young up-and-coming drummer Molly Rose. Molly, born and raised in Northern California, took an interest in drums at four years old and at eight years old got her first drum set. At sixteen, she placed 2nd in the international “Hit Like A Girl” contest and, after gradua…

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ITP #002 - Moonlight Flits

1y ago

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Episode 2. The boys get serious once more as they reconvene their "Inside The Pocket" series, this week looking into the filthy world of franchise relocation. A foreign concept to us Brits, it's a phenomena sadly all too common in the history of the NFL. From an owner moving because his wife wanted to live by the beach to a team leaving town under …

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Inside The Pocket #001 - Al Davis & The Oakland Raiders

1y ago

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Episode 1. The boys launch a new series of podcasts aimed at looking back at the iconic characters and biggest moments of American Football, and what makes the NFL the beautiful sport that we all know & love today. Where else to start but one of the most memorable of them all - Al Davis & The Oakland Raiders. Enjoy!…

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S2 E66 - Debbie Gibson 28:58

1y ago28:58

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Hello everyone and welcome to “Billy’s Bubble” here on Drum Channel. Today’s guest is singer-songwriter, actress, TV personality, and Broadway star Debbie Gibson. Debbie has released eleven studio albums, six compilation albums, one box set, and forty-six singles. Gibson’s career goes back to 1986, while still in her early teenage years, writing an…

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S2 E65 - Jake Slichter 50:03

1y ago50:03

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Hello everyone! Welcome to Drum Channel East in Brooklyn, NY. Today my guest (and neighbor) is Jake Slichter from the band Semisonic. The band's number-one Billboard hit “Closing Time" was released on March 10, 1998, as the first single from the trio’s second album, and for months into years, till now, you’ve heard it on mainstream radio and in eve…

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S2 E64 - Van Romaine 46:39

1y ago46:39

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Hello everyone! Welcome to the Drum Channel podcast with Billy Amendola and his guest Van Romaine. Van has been touring the world (and in recent years as music director) with Latin/pop superstar Enrique Iglesias for fourteen years. In between you can find him recording and performing in a band with former Deep Purple guitarist Steve Morse among oth…

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S2 E63 - Aaron Comess 48:37

1y ago48:37

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Hello again! Billy Amendola here on Drum Channel with my guest Aaron Comess of the Spin Doctors. The Spin Doctors are one of America’s greatest bands. Formed over thirty-five years ago, the band still sells out shows and makes new recordings. Let’s jump right in and welcome Aaron to the East Coast DC studio in Brooklyn, NY.…

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S2 E62 - Will Calhoun 52:48

1y ago52:48

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Hello everyone, and welcome to the Drum Channel east coast studio in Brooklyn, NY. I’m Billy Amendola and my guest today is drummer/co-founder, and long-time-band-member of the band Living Colour since 1984. He’s no stranger to Drum Channel, and has been a previous guest with host Don Lombardi and is a favorite to our DC audience. Will has won two …

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