Ian Matthews: Go For Broke
John Tobler, ZigZag, June 1976
I'VE ALWAYS HAD a strong affection for Ian Matthews' music since the Fairports, and just like a lot of other people, I suppose, I've wondered just what it was that has kept him always just below his rightful place among the truly great.
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