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Break on Through: John Giovanni Storms the Next Big Thing Competition

Dmitri von Klein
By Rick Levin
Eugene Weekly | November 13, 2009
A band of under-21 musicians called John Giovanni win the the Eugene Weekly's Next Big Thing contest to find Eugene's next hit single.
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