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79-year-old woman plays guitar like a rockstar!

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ATLANTA — A video of a 79-year-old woman jamming her guitar is getting attention on Facebook.

Beverly "Guitar" Watkins played her electric guitar at an Atlanta Girls Rock Camp.

It turns out, the hometown talent knows what she's doing - it definitely shows in this video clip posted on social media.

You can hear the crowd in the background cheering on this rockstar! A video posted by Stephanie Greene has more than 9 million views!

Beverly has worked with some big-time stars as well - James Brown, B.B. King, and Ray Charles. However, as a Black female guitarist in the 60s, she wasn't given the same opportunities.

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