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'Gum Drop Giveaway #55

One winner gets a Fender® Highway One™ Texas Telecaster® Guitar, courtesy of Dear And The Headlights. The Phoenix quintet's second studio album Drunk Like Bible Times is out Tuesday, 9/30, via Equal Vision. (They recently completed a tour with Jimmy Eat World and are currently out on the road with Margot & The Nuclear So and So's.) You can download "Talk About," a track from the album, over at the Equal Vision website. The guys used a Fender Highway One Telecaster on the album. It's made in the USA and valued at $1,200. This is what it looks like:

For more info on Dear And The Headlights, check out the band's website and their MySpace. The guys:

CONTEST ENDS 10/01/08 AT 12PM EST.

Fender®, Telecaster®, Highway One™ and the distinctive headstock and body designs of those guitars, are trademarks of Fender Musical Instruments Corporation and used herein with express written permission. © 2008 FMIC. All rights reserved.

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