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not dictate how we love, how we fight, or how we honor one another. Love thy neighbor. Do unto others as you would have done to you. Embrace the change. We have outgrown the segregation: we are all ONE. Do not let the days of yesterday dictate today, or tomorrow.
Imagine all the people sharing all the world. You may say I’m a dreamer But I’m not the only one. I hope someday you’ll join us And the world will live as one.
I wanted to start my editorial with those lyrics from the late Beatles’ John Lennon. We have so much to live and be thankful for. Our Independence Day is this month! Have we forgotten the word independence? People around the world would, and do, risk their lives to join us in the United States of America. Turmoil? What turmoil? We are in the middle of a pandemic, a presidential election, and racial problems. Eleanor Roosevelt once said, “It isn’t enough to talk about peace. One must believe in it. And is not enough to just believe it. One must work at it.”
Since I started with the Beatles I will finish with the Beatles. Love is all we need; Love is all we need! And yes, back in the 70s I was one of those long-haired hippies. However, do not expect to see me on the street next week with a head band wearing beads and sandals singing She loves you yah yah yah!
Along The Corridor we are so fortune to have ONE NATION UNDER GOD. ONE. Not two. United we stand, divided we fall. At this time, we must look at each other and know that we are the same. Skin color does
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BRICE COLEMAN REVISITED by JOSH HARRINGTON
Brice reached the rank of Major during his time in the Army, and he was “always looking for a better way to get around other than walking.”
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This Patriotic Edition of The Corridor Magazine marks the one-year anniversary of my first opportunity to write for them. It’s truly been a treasure to use this platform to write about some of the people in my life that I care for the most. Joe Gooch and the gang have been documenting the stories that are all too often left unheard, and we have plenty of tales upon which to shed light. Moreover, as the avid reader I am, the best part about writing for The Corridor Magazine team is the chance to go back and comb through the articles that have been written for the publication. As such, I recently got the chance to read a lovely piece on my co-worker’s grandfather, and I wondered if there was anything else we could share with our readers on this humble but all-too intriguing figure who made his home in Bristow. I sat down with the Coleman family to find out more. Donnie Schroeder’s article for the March 2017 Home Improvement Issue of The Corridor Magazine touched on the life and times of one of Bristow’s many decorated veterans, Brice Coleman. He not only served his country for nearly 30 years, but on top of that, Brice has the distinction of also serving as the Creek County Sheriff for 14 years. I spoke with his son Michael (referred to as Mike in this interview,) as well as his grandson Larry, Jr. who are rightly proud of their patriarch’s rather esteemed reputation in his ventures. Leading off our interview, I asked about some of the ways that they were most proud of him. “I always looked up to him; when I was going through some training during Operation Iraqi Freedom, he was always eager to ease my mind. He’d say, ‘Believe it or not, all the training you did will kick in, and it’ll just be muscle memory at that point,’” Mike answered. “It did the trick and calmed me down pretty well for the time being. He instilled a sense of peace for me from his experiences. I mean, he was a junior in high school when he went to Korea to fight.” “I remember other times when he would fly overhead in his Huey when he was with the 45th in Tulsa. He would circle the house three or four times, which was really neat. The Huey has a really distinctive sound when it flies overhead, and we were all quite fond of hearing it when he would fly over,” he continued. Larry, Jr. and Mike also spoke about one of his accomplishments, which was when he piloted the vessel that held VIP’s that included astronaut and senator John Glenn and President Lyndon B. Johnson’s Vice President Hubert Humphrey to the Paris Air Show; Glenn and Humphrey were titans of the era, both culturally and politically. In this gesture, it shows the significance of the rapport he
built with the higher-ups in his chain of command in that they entrusted him with transporting some of the most influential people on the planet. Stories are not the only things that lend credence to Sheriff Coleman’s feats. In our previous piece, Schroeder touches on the awards that he accrued in his times of service in the Army during his tours in Korea and Vietnam, including “he received the Distinguished Flying Cross, three air medals for valor, 21 [various] air medals, and two Purple Hearts.” I asked the family if I could see these medals, and Mike showed me the collection that he made to showcase his father’s and even his own wartime medals. It was remarkable seeing such a collection of medals; in other words, I was simply astounded. Not knowing much about the process in attaining a commendation for your valor, I asked Mike what steps that Brice took to get such prestigious awards. “From his active duty time into his days in the Oklahoma National Guard, he garnered enough respect and admiration from his commanding officers and subordinates alike, and his efforts were especially valiant in protecting and transporting his fellow soldiers from his days of piloting helicopters in the Vietnam War. From there, it’s really just recommendations and documenting the processes,” Mike explained. “We’re all super proud of the sacrifice and effort Dad put into his job.” “After he got out of the sheriff’s department and out of the National Guard, he enjoyed his retirement pretty well,” Larry, Jr. remarked. “He’d watch old Western movies and read Western books. He liked doing some construction, and he’d even go out and get on the backhoe or drive the dump truck around. Sometimes we’d even go out fishing and stuff, but you better watch your back if the cards came out. He liked playing some poker.” I don’t catch myself being envious quite often, but fishing, poker, and playing with construction stuff? I can only hope I have that much fun when/if I retire! Still yet, with all of his enthralling tales of fortune and triumph during his tenures in the Army and Creek County Sheriff’s Department, I wondered why a man of his stature
Brice, his son, Larry, Sr., and a family friend are seen here with a night’s haul of crappie.
wouldn’t be keen on sharing these tales with everyone he came across. “He was against making himself out to be something more than he thought he was. He was raised to be humble, and he never forgot those roots,” Larry followed up. In the Bible, James 4:10 reads, “Humble yourselves before the Lord, and He will lift you up.” Brice’s love for Christ is chronicled in pieces by the Army Times and even the Tulsa World. He shared this love with his family, as seen in the next instance. “On my way over to Iraq when I was enlisted, they rushed us through briefings to catch us up to date on all of the ins and outs of the mission. Most of the briefs were on chemical weapons,” Mike said. He paused for a moment and continued, “I called back over to Dad from the base and said, ‘Dad, they’re talking about chemical weapons, and it’s really starting to wear on my conscience.’ He said, ‘Well, son, I know you believe in Jesus Christ and you’re saved. Just talk to him like you talk to me everyday, and don’t worry about anything.’” The country we live in today is a melting pot of different cultures and different takes on what it means to be an American; despite these differences, these grievances, and our current hardships, banding together is more important than ever before in our nation’s history. As a twenty year old, I have much to learn about how to better serve the interests of my fellow citizens in their pursuit of happiness as well as how to be a respected leader in the community, and, for me, Sheriff Coleman is a champion of these two qualities. He was a patriot, through and through. In his many years of public servitude, he never faltered in his unwavering loyalty to our nation, state, and county, but his staunch allegiance to justice and freedom were just as noble. As I wasn’t blessed with the opportunity to meet him, I got to know his sacrifices were never in vain; he had a doting wife, children, grandchildren, and greatgrandchildren with whom his legacy will carry on. In the words of Mr. Schroeder, “Brice was a man with a big heart, and few words.” n
As sheriff, he spearheaded many key investigations which brought justice to several cases.
Major Colemen with just a few of his medals he earned as a member of the US Army.
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OH FREEDOM! Oh, freedom! Oh, freedom! Oh, freedom over me! And before I’ll be a slave I’ll be buried in my grave And go home to my Lord and be free. The spiritual “Oh Freedom!” came into being soon after the end of slavery in America. Like many African American spirituals, the song has more than a single meaning. Not only does it refer to a person’s freedom in the world to come after death, as many spirituals do, it also celebrates and beacons to the new freedom in the here and now. In the 1950s and 1960s, the song was commonly sung as part of the Civil Rights Movement. Harry Belafonte, Odetta Holmes, Joan Baez, Vivian Green and many other voices expressed their passion for justice and equality in America singing “O Freedom!” Once again in America, this hymn and many others from the Civil Rights Movement are being sung by a new generation of patriotic people who have gone peacefully out into our streets to call us to reform our culture and systems to care for and serve all people. Whenever people stand up for such change, it raises controversy. Many will feel discomfort at these bold expressions and voices. As we prepare to celebrate Independence Day, I want to encourage patriotic people to take time to hear these young people’s message. On June 20th last month, a group of young people came together for a Digital Justice Gathering calling all people to examine our nation’s values in hope of reshaping the heart of our democracy. Following the work of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., this movement is called the Poor People’s Campaign: a National Call for Moral Revival. This movement seeks to give impoverished
people in America a voice. They say, “When we lift America from the bottom, everybody rises.” Not everyone will agree with the Poor People’s Campaign, but I hope all of us can agree that every person in the United States of America deserves equal opportunities. That I believe is a patriotic value. Another wonderful patriotic hymn was important in the Civil Rights Movement: “Lift Every Voice and Sing.” Many people will be surprised to learn that the song was a poem written by James Weldon Johnson, and was performed for the first time by 500 school children in celebration of President Lincoln’s Birthday on February 12, 1900 in Jacksonville, FL. The poem was set to music by Johnson’s brother, John Rosamond Johnson, and was soon adopted by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) as its official song. Today “Lift Every Voice and Sing” is one of America’s most cherished patriotic hymns and is often referred to as the Black National Anthem. We’ll be singing the song in Worship on Sunday, July 5th: Lift every voice and sing till earth and heaven ring, Ring with the harmonies of Liberty; Let our rejoicing rise high as the listening skies, Let it resound loud as the rolling sea. Sing a song full of the faith that the dark past has taught us, Sing a song full of the hope that the present has brought us, Facing the rising sun of our new day begun Let us march on till victory is won. n
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“What?” Delilah asked. “I don’t know that I should leave you alone with her,” Joel said. “I’ll be fine,” Delilah sighed. “It’s not you I’m concerned about,” Joel said. “Really? Joel?” Delilah snarled. “I’ll get that twine,” Joel said as he turned and headed for the hall. “And grab my cell phone, too,” Delilah called out. “And just who do you think you’re going to call?” Patty growled. Patty had made a good point. A point Delilah had been trying to work out in her mind. She couldn’t call George Armstrong. He was part of the Mrs. Wrigley operation. In fact, there was a good possibility he had been alerted to Patty’s plan, and was even in route to the ranch at that moment to assist in carrying out the rest of Patty’s plan. Delilah didn’t know who to trust in the government agency George worked for. This was bigger than local officials. But that might be where she’d have to start. Regardless, she had to find out if Eli, Dooby, and Abigail had really been killed. “You’re making a big mistake,” Patty said. Delilah detected just a hint of panic which was quickly replaced by arrogant defiance. “I have people everywhere. You cannot run or hide. They will come after you.” “Yeah, that’s impressive,” Delilah said with a smirk. “But if I were you, I’d be more concerned about losing everything and spending the rest of my life in prison, than about getting even with me.” “You are so naive,” Patty said. “You don’t think I have connections? Not to mention the money I have.” “How did you know?” Delilah asked Joel, when
he came back in the room. “Oh. Karon,” Joel replied, handing Delilah’s cell phone to her. “She called me ‘cause she couldn’t reach you. Said she had a bad feeling. Told me to come check on you. Said if Patty was here, to be extra careful,” he continued as Delilah glanced at her phone to find three missed calls from Karon, but none from Eli or Dooby. “So, she’s on her way?” Delilah asked, placing her phone on the coffee table. “Yeah,” Joel said. He held up the twine and a roll of duct tape. Delilah smiled and nodded. After tying Patty’s hands quite tightly behind her back with thick twine, Delilah and Joel lifted her into the chair next to the desk. They secured her legs at the ankle and just below the knee to the legs of the chair with the twine first, and then the duct tape. It was then, they saw the headlights from Karon’s car coming up the drive. “You stay in here and watch her,” Delilah said, her southern drawl more pronounced. “You want something to drink?” Joel shook his head. “She came back,” Karon said the moment she walked through the back door. “She came back,” Delilah reiterated. “She tried to kill me.” Karon gasped and her hand flew to her chest. “Good thing you called Joel,” Delilah continued. “Or I would not be alive right now.” “I knew it! I just knew it,” Karon cried, shaking her head. “There’s more,” Delilah said with a quivering voice. She just
couldn’t bring herself to say it out loud. Fighting back the tears, she shook her head. “She claims . . .” Delilah stuttered. “She claims she had Eli, Dooby, and Abigail . . .” “Don’t say it,” Karon said. She raised her hand to the heavens and began shaking her head. “No! No, no, no. She’s lying. SHE! IS! LYING, Delilah.” “I don’t want to believe her either,” Delilah said. “But . . .” “No buts,” Karon growled. Karon stepped around Delilah, and then stomped her way across the kitchen to the hall way. Delilah caught up to her just as she reached the doorway, and she grabbed hold of Karon’s arm. “I know you want to cause her great bodily harm,” Delilah whispered. “I get that. You’d like to punch her. I know. I want to punch her, too. Well, actually, I did. Punch her. But we have to play this very carefully if we want to find out where Eli and Dooby are. You understand?” Karon let out a long, shuttering sigh. “Alright,” she growled. “But I don’t know how patient I’m gonna be.” “You want some coffee?” Delilah asked, going to the refrigerator, opening the door, and starring into the abys. “What?” Karon said with furrowed brow. “Are you okay? Why are you goin’ to the refrigerator for coffee?” “I want something to drink, but coffee doesn’t sound good,” Delilah said. “I’ll make iced tea.” Delilah filled the kettle with water and set it on the stove top, as Joel sauntered into the room, and Karon took a seat at the banquette. “I don’t know that it’s such a good idea to leave her in there
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by herself, Joel,” Delilah said, making her way to the other side of the kitchen where she joined the other two at the table. “I mean, what if she gets loose and sneaks out the door? Or worse, she gets loose, gets the gun, and comes in here to finish what she started. “Have you got your cell phone with you?” she asked Karon. Karon nodded. “Try Dooby again.” “She’s not going anywhere,” Joel said proudly. “Unless she takes the chair with her. I duct taped her body to it. I assure you it’s secure.” “What do you mean you taped her to the chair?” Delilah asked suspiciously. Joel began making circular motions with his hand. “I taped her torso to the back of the chair, and her lap to the seat.” Delilah gave Joel a long, blank look, then began nodding. “Good. Good job, Joel,” she said. Karon waved her phone in the air. “No answer. Delilah! What are we gonna do?” she exclaimed. “We gotta call someone.” “Who? Who are we gonna call, Karon?” Delilah said. “We can’t call George Armstrong. She confessed that he was part of her operation. Who else with the agency is in on it? She said she had people everywhere, and they would come after me. I don’t know how to reach Shelly, Blaize’s fiancé. I don’t know who to call that I can trust.” “You can’t keep her here duct taped to a chair,” Karon said. “Well, now, let’s talk about that,” Delilah said. “I think I have every right to . . . detain her for a period of time necessary to
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discover the whereabouts of Eli and Dooby.” “Who would ever think we’d flip?” Karon said, a look of astonishment on her face. “I don’t understand,” Delilah said. “What do you mean flipped. Like, flipped out?” “No!” Karon exclaimed. “I mean you’re usually the sensible one and I’m the one with the crazy ideas. We’ve flipped sides, ‘cause you are talkin’ crazy right now.” “She has a point,” Joel said. Delilah glared at Joel. “I’ll go back to the living room,” Joel whined. “But I’d rather not be in the same room with her. She keeps giving me the stink eye, and telling me her people are going to make my death a living hell. “What does that even mean?” Joel was saying as he exited the kitchen. And about that time the whistle blew on the tea kettle. “Uhhh, Delilah?” Joel cried out just moments later. “We have a problem!” “Oh, no. Oh, no! She got away,” Delilah said, rising from the banquette, and hustling down the hall with Karon in tow. “I thought you said she was secured,” Delilah said as she turned the corner into the living room. A quick glance to the right, at the desk in the corner, brought Delilah and Karon to a screeching halt. “She’s dead,” Joel said, hand open toward Patty like he was some Price is Right hostess showing the next item in the Show Case Show Down. And there she was, torso and lap still securely duck taped
When in England at a fairly large conference, Colin Powell was asked by the Archbishop of Canterbury if our plans for Iraq were just an example of empire building by George Bush. He answered by saying, “Over the years, the United States has sent many of its fine young men and women into a great peril to fight for freedom beyond our borders. The only amount of land we have ever asked for in return is enough to bury those that did not return. YOU COULD HAVE HEARD A PIN DROP. This photo was taken by Kent McVey, Chandler, OK, at the Marine Corps War Memorial that stands “In honor and memory of the men of the United States Marine Corps who have given their lives to their country since 10 November 1775.” Iwo Jima Memorial. Thanks, Kent, for sharing this with The Corridor Magazine.
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to the chair, head slumped forward, not making a sound. She could have been sleeping. “Are you sure she’s not asleep?” Karon asked, an octave higher than usual. “No pulse, and she’s not breathing,” Joel said. “Most people call that dead.” Delilah was frozen on the spot, her mind reeling. She knew what she had to do but she really, REALLY didn’t want to do it. This woman had just tried to kill her thirty minutes earlier, with her own gun, no less. She was responsible for the death of Blaize, and who knows how many others. She was to blame for the distribution of illegal firearms to a number of foreign criminals. “Oh, (insert naughty word)!” Delilah growled, opening the top drawer of the desk and extracting a pair of scissors. “Do either of you know CPR?” “NO!” came the response in unison. “Karon, call an ambulance and then Charlie, the Lincoln County Sheriff,” Delilah said as she tossed her cell phone to Karon with one hand, and feverishly began cutting the duct tape with the other. “Joel, be ready to catch her. We need to lay her flat on the floor,” Delilah said. “And just what am I supposed to say?” Karon shrieked. “The truth. At least part of it,” Delilah said, nearly finished with her cutting. “We have an elderly lady who is unconscious, nonresponsive, and we’re administering CPR.” “And if they ask what happened?” Karon asked, becoming more rattled.
“Just tell them she collapsed,” Delilah said. Two thoughts volleyed in Delilah’s mind as she applied compressions to Patty’s chest. The first was news of Eli and Dooby. She didn’t know how she would get the information on them if Patty was deceased. And second, she wondered how far she would go to protect Joel from prison, if he were blamed for Patty’s death. n
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dead from both the North and the South. I have been unable to learn on which side this soldier served, and it really does not matter. This soldier was also a bugler. His name was Col. Dan Butterfield. And it was at this moment the tune of “Taps” was played for the very first time. History tells me that the Colonel practiced it only three times before he played it for the 7,000 troops who lay dead before him. This bugle tune is now heard around the world every night at every American military installation and on every U.S. Naval ship. It is the last thing heard before falling asleep for the night. There are a couple of slight variations to this tune, but this one seems to be the most accepted historic bugle tune. Here are the actual words to “Taps”. n
In the night, falling sky, fading light, falling night, trumpet called As the sun sinks in flight, sleep in peace. comrades dear, God is near.
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I first heard K.C Clifford about ten years ago at the Blue Door in Oklahoma City as one of many artists performing at their annual Woody Guthrie tribute. I was impressed. She was very talented, personable and I assumed she was just another young, famous person I’d never heard of (there are many of them)! At the time I believe she was living in Texas and I was unaware of her Okie roots. I knew then I wanted to hear more about her. Her superb voice and the way she controlled it reminded me a little of Trisha Yearwood. Even though that’s not a completely fair comparison, it’ll do for now. I’d forgotten about that night until I was searching for recent music offerings by Oklahoma artists and her name popped up a couple of times. So I looked and listened. This album, her seventh, titled simply K.C. Clifford, released in February of this year, has been on constant repeat on my player for a week now and I see no sense in changing course. The song I keep coming back to is that final cut on this project, simply titled, Salt. Here’s the verse that grabbed me: PeaceMay you know it well What the road will bring Only time will tell Oh and hope Let it be your guide Hear your own sweet song Welling up inside May there be such love among you When one of you cries 30 THE CORRIDOR MAGAZINE / JULY 2020
The other tastes salt Let the best of kindness find you May you choose tenderness Instead of finding fault I reached out to discover more about K.C. Clifford, singer/ songwriter/ blogger/ essayist, and she quickly responded. RR: Where are you from? KC: Born and raised in Oklahoma City. Returned after time away in Indiana, Nashville, and Austin. RR: When did you realize that music was going to be an important, defining part of your life? KC: My parents joke that I came out of the womb singing. I went to a music preschool called Miss Hickman’s Music School starting at age two. It still exists, and both of my kids have been through the program. The earliest picture of me on stage is at age 2½ years. It’s a Polaroid shot of me dressed as a cat performing in a Hickman show in May 1977. As the story goes, all the kids around me froze in stage fright, but I reached up, grabbed the mic off the stand, and brought the house down. I never looked back. As her vocal skills grew, she looked toward popular music as a vehicle for her talents but was discouraged because ‘others’ felt she didn’t have the right ‘look’ for it. She later attended college at Indiana University to study opera and though she became quite accomplished in her studies she says in the end she simply ‘didn’t love it’. She moved on. RR: What propelled you into writing? KC: At age twenty, my insides were coming apart at the seams. For over a decade I had lived a life in the light, and a life in the dark. In the middle of my junior year of college, my two lives came colliding into one another in a fiery crash. The bottom had fallen out from beneath me. I checked into treatment for an eating disorder. I was vulnerable and exposed … During this therapy she said, “I began to use my voice for the first time, to tell my story. The truth set me free indeed.” And it shows! RR: When did you begin to play an instrument? KC: First and foremost I consider myself a vocalist. My voice is the one instrument I feel I have mastered, and musically it’s the thing that often sets me apart. Although I perform on several instruments, they have always felt like a vehicle for songwriting above all. Other instruments came at different times, chief among them a vintage Martin guitar her father gave her when she was 21. RR: Who/what were your first musical influences? KC: My father is a bluegrass musician. He founded a band in the early 70s called Mountain Smoke. They are notable for several reasons, but the most widely known is Mountain Smoke was Vince Gill’s first band. They opened for Kiss and have had wild things happen, like playing on the White House lawn for several presidents, being written about by Billboard, and most recently, they were featured and had a song licensed in Ken Burns’ 8-part documentary
series, “Country Music.” By the late 70s, my Dad had left the band behind for the world of business. But music was in his blood, and in so much of how he raised me. Decades later, he reunited with the band and his love of playing. They still perform today. RR: Tell me a little about your path in the music profession. KC: I continue playing music because I feel like I still have something to say that’s useful. If one person feels hope after time spent with my writing and/or me, then it counts for something bigger than the sum of its parts. That still matters to me. RR: How did your live recordings at the Blue Door come about? KC: I’ve made two live records at the Blue Door: Pockets Full of Hope in 2008, and Coming Bare in 2017. I consider the Blue Door my home stage, and I have such a connection with my hometown audience. Both of these live recordings simply seem to be a natural offspring. RR: And your most recent self titled release - K.C. Clifford? KC: The album is about humanity, and our deep need for rehumanization. This recording is unlike any work I’ve created. For starters, the songs are all piano driven. I am taking an intentional turn away from the strummy, guitar-based songs I’ve been writing for 24 years. For the first time ever, the majority of the songs are co-written with my dear friend Daniel Walker, and feature his superb work on the keys. This record gives a strong nod to the vintage piano pop of the 70s, and sounds nothing like the red dirt/folk/americana vibe I’ve been identified by previously. It is a definite departure. And a fine departure it is! Here’s another lyric that spoke loudly to me, No More Living Small If I run - If I fallThere is room for it all… No more living small It’s a song about standing up for yourself come hell or high water and claiming your own higher ground. RR: Upcoming gigs? Regular gigs? KC: Due to pandemic life, performing is on hold for now. I am aching deep in my bones to connect with a live audience again, but the risk of lives is too great. So for now, I let the songs stir inside. To find out more I urge you to follow the following links. Website: http://www.kcclifford.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kccliffordmusic/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kcclifford/ The Generous Kind: https://www.thegenerouskind.com/ Links to music: http://www.kcclifford.com/store https://kcclifford.bandcamp.com/ https://open.spotify.com/artist/3nhvqhl1Mafy3i0278Bd9l https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/k.c.-clifford/id73257126 THE CORRIDOR MAGAZINE / JULY 2020 31
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