James Taylor: On The Road With Sweet Baby James
Keith Altham, Record Mirror, 15 May 1971
AMONG THE very few road managers who have put their heads, hearts, hands and feet into their work is Super-Scot Eric Barrett who hit the rock scene some seven and a half years ago as the Koobas' roadie – worked all through the good, the bad and the sad times with Jimi Hendrix and has just recently transferred to James Taylor's working party.
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