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Song: ''Still Rainin' '' by Jonny Lang
Theme Week: Their Personal Idols (top 9)
Mentor Stevie Nicks was so impressed with Phil that she claimed Mick Fleetwood would have asked the bluesy rocker to join Fleetwood Mac in 1975. Jonny Lang's gritty soul suited Phil to a T and defined the type of artist Phil could be post-Idol.

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