Bruce and Taylor's Band of Misfits
Barbara Charone, Rolling Stone, 17 July 1975
LONDON "I had three choices: give up completely, find a backing group to play my songs mechanically, or become a sideman playing bass in another group. I began to lose faith in my ability to communicate what I was trying to get across. This band happened at the right time."
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