European Blues and R&B Festival
Cliff White, NME, 22 November 1975
TEN YEARS AGO Britain was set to become the R&B capital of the world. Between 1962 and '67 we were visited by so many legendary characters, this little island had almost as much soul per square mile as any equivalent area in the United States.
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