Roger McGuinn: Bottom Line, New York City
Miles, NME, 26 March 1977
A FLURRY of movement on a darkened stage then a sudden hit of déjà vu – that voice and the song and the long jangling guitar lines on the Rickenbacker are as instantly recognisable as Elvis or The Beatles.
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