Rick Derringer: The Roxy, Los Angeles
Sylvie Simmons, Sounds, 23 February 1980
RICK DERRINGER, walking away with both the Alvin Lee Memorial Award and the Suzi Quatro lookalike rosette, played a set at The Roxy that shook the foundations, roused the audience and glorified yet again American grass-roots populist music at its all-boys-together best.
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