Jess Roden: Victoria Palace, London
Chas de Whalley, NME, 20 March 1976
DRESSED IN the remains of a particularly dapper three-piece suit and with straight hair stretching to his collar and no further, British country-soulster Jess Roden may look like a trendy bank clerk funky after a heavy lunchtime drinking session, but he's a fine stage performer.
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