Blood On The Saddle: Hoedown At The O.K. Corral
Mat Snow, NME, 28 June 1986
GLENN MILLER was the first, I guess, and then there was Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and The Big Bopper. Eight years later Otis Redding joined them, followed the next decade by most of Lynyrd Skynyrd. Then on the eve of this year, Rick Nelson sprouted wings. Good ol boys all.
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