Big Audio Dynamite: No 10 Upping St.
Lloyd Bradley, Q, December 1986
IN THE HILLS above Rio, until his recapture, lived Jose Carlos dos Reis Encina, a violent criminal and provider of food and medicine to the needy. This benevolent drug baron is a folk hero to the poor people of that rich city, and is now the subject of a song on the new Big Audio Dynamite album.
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