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Levi and the Plateros perform Jimi Hendrix's 'Voodoo Child.'

Levi and the Plateros
Levi and the Plateros

This is a segment from "New Mexico Southwest Sounds," a music show produced by the New Mexico Music Commission. It aired on Albuquerque's KOAT TV (ABC) June 9. The video was shot during the Gathering of Nations.

 (11/24/2008)

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