Flyer: Iggy Pop, Joan Jett, Slut Boys and Implications at Tommy's in Tallahassee, Nov. 23, 1980

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Flyer: Iggy Pop, Joan Jett, Slut Boys and Implications at Tommy's in Tallahassee, Nov. 23, 1980

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Original flyer art by Donny Crenshaw...Tallahassee punk rock history!

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