Happy Happy, Joy Joy: Emitt Rhodes
Erik Himmelsbach, LA CityBeat, 22 January 2004
EMITT RHODES still doesnt know what hit him. Thirty years ago, he was the new Paul McCartney, an ambitious kid who craved the perfect pop song. Then he got blindsided into submission by the heartless business of music. Now hes just another sad guy with a boatload of talent that got buried in a black hole of depression.
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