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Early life:
Born in Oregon on 23rd August 1970, River Jude Bottom was the eldest of five children of hippie parents. His siblings were poetically named sisters Rain, Summer and Liberty and younger brother Joaquin.
River spent his early years in communes until his parents changed their name to Phoenix and joined radical Christian cult, The Children of God. His father was quickly promoted to Archbishop of Venezuela and posted to South America, where the family lived in extreme poverty. River and Rain had to sing on street corners to raise money.
Finally disillusioned with the cult, the Phoenix’s stowed away on a ship back to the US in 1978.
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