Roy Hall: Tracks of 'The Hound'
Martin Hawkins, Goldmine, 30 March 1984
IF YOU think Commander Cody invented the country-boogie piano solo as a filler for his albums, then you never heard Roy Hall. This man was pounding out the hillbilly boogie back when rock 'n' roll hadn't been invented.
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