Ducks Deluxe: Ducks Deluxe
Gary Sperrazza!, Shakin' Street Gazette, June 1974
FROM THE PUBS of England and Wales they come, weaned on the music of early rock 'n' roll, playing for pittance and sweat. till all hours of the morning. Bands like Brinsley Schwarz, Kilburn and the High Roads, Wall Hot Stuff and the Legion of Charlies, Chili and the Red Hot Peppers, Bees Make Honey, Hatfield and the North and 747 (ex-Soft Machine Kevin Ayers' back-up group).
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