Sam and Dave: The Best of Sam & Dave
Tom Graves, Rock and Roll Disc, December 1987
DURING THE HEIGHT of the Blues Brothers craze, I went to a small club to see the re-formed Sam and Dave. The dance floor was undulating with yuppies and your average club flotsam, who talked through nearly all the songs until the duo performed the then reigning fraternity smash, Soul Man
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