El Camino by LA Gypsy

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Tamara Shayne Kagel

October 6, 2011

My really good friends have an incredible band called LA Gypsy. I appear briefly in the music video for their new single El Camino which is just an incredible classic feel good rock song. Their album has just dropped and you can order it from their

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