Johnny Rivers: Road (Atlantic)
Gene Sculatti, Zoo World, 4 July 1974
THE PROBLEM with being an Interpretive talent (as opposed to a one-man writer-singer show) is that you're ultimately dependent on the material you select to perform.
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