Hello People: The Handsome Devils
John Mendelsohn, Phonograph Record, February 1975
I'M FAR FROM entirely convinced that I would trade everything I own to be in Hello People's shoes, or greasepaint, for it seems the sorry fate of said group always to appear inconsequential in comparison to their loyalist and most celebrated patron, T. Rundgren.
Total word count of piece: 484
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