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Buddy Guy and Junior Wells: Why Are These Guys Grinning?

Charles Shaar Murray, NME, 5 August 1978

...They've been 'between contracts' since 1969, there's hardly any such thing as a black audience for their music and on their recent visit to London they played one of worst shows in blues history. If your name is BUDDY GUY or JUNIOR WELLS you just can't help livin' the blues, concludes CHARLES SHAAR MURRAY.

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