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Black Oak Arkansas: Black Oak Arkansas (Atco)

John Mendelsohn, Rolling Stone, 27 May 1971

IT IS SAID that before they became a rock and roll band Black Oak Arkansas were a teenage gang the mere mention of whose name struck terror in the hearts of all who had encountered them. It is said that a tar-and-feathers welcome awaits them in the town after which they are named.

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