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Joe Simon: The Reluctant Superstar

John Abbey, Blues & Soul, June 1975

IN TERMS of actual record sales and box office figures, Joe Simon has only one or two peers over the past decade or so. Yet this quiet and peaceful gentleman is the most reluctant and withdrawn of all of the soul superstars.

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