Rhinestone Ploughboys: Jason and the Scorchers
Cynthia Rose, NME, 5 May 1984
Blues, country and heavy metal!...Can this really be the lethal cocktail that has gained The Scorchers Nashville respectability? CYNTHIA ROSE settles down to a plowmans lunch. Bootabilly.
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