Leo Sayer: Star Gazing With Leo Sayer
Barbara Charone, Crawdaddy!, June 1975
THE MATRONLY ladies selling ice creams and chocolates have fled the lobby. The theatre grows dark. A four-piece band ambles out from the wings, barely illuminated in the dim light, and kicks off with a pleasant, up-tempo melody.
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