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Roger Daltrey: One of the Boys

Ira Robbins, Crawdaddy!, August 1977

DALTREY'S FOUR-YEAR solo career, apart from his personal excess/success as a matinee film idol, has certainly left much to be desired by anyone with more than a passing affection for the Who. Longtime devotees have felt that wrapping a premier rock voice around nebbish ballads is a pathetic waste at best.

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