Never Argue With A Pregnant Indian: Buffy Sainte-Marie
Charles Shaar Murray, NME, 1 May 1976
CARL PERKINS looks glazed. Teeth, eyes, toupee, rhinestoned double-knit denim-look casuals: all veneered with the same hospital-tile finish as the off-white Tele-caster that Perkins is manoeuvering through the hordes of ill-matched supplicants cooling their Circle-T brand heels outside Buffy Sainte-Maries dressing room.
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