Edgar Winter: Great White Wonder
Chris Charlesworth, Melody Maker, 27 July 1974
EDGAR WINTER shoots pool pretty good considering he's as blind as a bat. The green ball gives him trouble because that's the same colour as the felt on the table top, but the rest slip easily down the pockets from Edgar's personalised billiard cue.
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