Rude and Banana Guitar Playing with Gong
Steve Turner, Beat Instrumental, December 1971
Someone once said that if Dylan Thomas was alive now he'd be writing for a rock group. Daevid Christopher Allen is the perfect example of the idea behind this statement coming true. Daevid is the literary eccentric of the rock age -- an age where the medium has switched from the printed page to the visual and aural and his talents are currently being unleashed through the amazing Gong.
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