Heads Hands and Feet: Old Soldiers Never Die
John Pidgeon, Let It Rock, May 1973
THEY SHOULD HAVE named the album after the opener on Side One. Old Soldiers Never Die suits well enough they've all been doing battle for more than ten years now under various flags but 'Jack Of All Trades' says it better.
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