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Ralph Towner
American musician
browse: guitarists, pianists, composers
dead
- born
- 1940
- died
- 2026
- age at death
- 85
- known for
- guitarist, pianist, composer
1940 – 2026

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who ralph towner is
Ralph Towner was an American multi-instrumentalist, composer, arranger, and bandleader. He played the twelve-string guitar, classical guitar, electric FRAME guitar, piano, synthesizer, percussion, trumpet, and French horn.
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