Mojo Rising: Red Snapper
Chris Ingham, MOJO, January 1997
IT COULD HAVE gone so wrong. A trio of thirtysomething musos with jazz/hip-hop tendencies and chops to spare, take to jamming in Hammersmith and decide there's a band in there somewhere.
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