Johnny Rivers: The Folks Dancin' There Were All Shook Up
Gene Sculatti, Phonograph Record, October 1972
IF THE SEVENTIES are starting out, as they appear to be, making good on the debts incurred against all the various minorities over the years, rejoice. If dozens of other exploited, oppressed groups can now move and groove under the light of their own long-sought liberation, our day can't be far behind, brethren.
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