Bachman Turner Overdrive: The Band That Laughs Last…
Jim Esposito, Zoo World, 24 October 1974
THE BACHMAN-Turner Overdrive had just arrived backstage at the San Antonio Municipal Auditorium when the door to their dressing room burst open and seven extremely pissed off members of REO Speedwagon poured in like they were storming the Alamo. Bruce Allen, BTO's manager, was more or less expecting them.
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