Al Green: Superstar
John Abbey, Blues & Soul, June 1972
PROBABLY THE MOST eligible superstar to join our ranks over the past twelve months is Al Green, an unpredictable artist and an equally unpredictable man. One of the secrets of his hard-earned success is that one never really knows what he's going to do next.
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