I Heard a New World
Greg Shaw, Nuggets II (Rhino Records), 2001
GROWING UP in America in the '60s, I was surrounded by garage bands, and although I never realized how many more there were across the country, I understood that there was a world of local bands making records, part of an old tradition, but influenced by the new trends from England.
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