Larry Graham: The Sly Sound Of Success
Andy Gill, NME, 7 August 1982
THE SOFA is sumptuous, the clothes casual; Larry Graham sits swathed in both, the epitome of affluent black America. We're in a hospitality suite in WEA's Soho offices, and Larry is being really nice. He's on automatic pilot. I wish he were on drugs.
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