“I've been waiting for that! (After an audience member requests "Free Bird" by Lynyrd Skynyrd.)”

—  Kurt Cobain

1993-11-18 at Sony Music Studios, New York City, New York (MTV Unplugged).
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American musician and artist 1967–1994

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