Joe Cocker: I Almost Forgot What Rock 'N' Roll Was All About
Andrew Tyler, Disc and Music Echo, 13 May 1972
THE CURRY looked sort of ropey. It had probably been frozen for a lifetime between cardboard. Joe Cocker examined it incredulously, sifting it through his fork, and took another gulp of barley wine.
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