Al Green: Now Green Smashes The Big Memphis Monopoly
Roger St. Pierre, NME, 16 October 1971
MEMPHIS HAS long been accepted as capital city of rock 'n' soul, but to the casual fan this means just Elvis on the rock side and Otis, Sam and Dave, Rufus Thomas, Booker T and the other Stax stars in the soul field.
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