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Finch and Blasucci first met as students at La Canada High School, just north of Los Angeles, where they both had a guitar class: \"There wasn't much supervision or anything,\" remembers Blasucci. \"It was really nice. 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The real charm lies in the simplicity of their voices and the songs that recall a young Gene Clark, The Louvins, Crosby, Stills and Townes ... it's all there and more.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne memorable night they showed up to a Gospelbeach gig with deep surfer tans and big white circles around their eyes just like raccoons...(Mapache is Spanish for Raccoon). The boys set up on stage, sang and played their timeless and soon to be classic songs into a single microphone. Time stood still, and the normally chatty LA crowd closed their mouths and opened their ears and their hearts to Mapache. 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