Dwight Twilley: XXI
Paul Lester, Uncut, July 1997
OH, THE injustice. Had the release of Dwight Twilley's brilliant power pop debut not been delayed by a year, it would have beaten the first album by Shelter labelmate Tom Petty into the shops and it might have been Twilley, not Petty, who got the glory, got to hang with Dylan.
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