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407:. They agreed to play one night a week at local clubs, perform occasionally at concerts and festivals on weekends, and make records. After playing for six weeks at a small Washington, D.C., club called the Rabbit's Foot, the group found a home at the Red Fox Inn in Bethesda, Maryland. They performed at that venue Friday nights from January 1972 through September 1977 before starting weekly performances at the Birchmere music hall.
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1872:"The Seldom Scene - Discography"
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1994:"MUSICIAN JOHN DUFFEY DIES"
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277:A Change of Scenery
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