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Ralph Torrefranca - Cuffed Up

Ep. 282

Ralph Torrefranca of LA's Cuffed Up joins Dwyer to talk about the exact moment he knew what he wanted to do with his life, pushing his way into an internship as a teen, the cathartic nature of songwriting, how Conan/Colbert writer Brian Stack is the nicest guy in the world and Cuffed Up's new EP Asymmetry out October 22 on Royal Mountain Records


Opening Song, "Bonnie," by Cuffed Up from the EP Asymmetry


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