Roy Wood: The Santa Claus Of Pop Music
Terry Staunton, Sunday Express, 11 December 2011
TRIPS TO the supermarket can take twice as long in December when you're Roy Wood. The humdrum chore of grocery shopping is constantly interrupted by excitable fans wanting to shake the hand of the man responsible for an essential component of any seasonal knees-up worth its salt.
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