Sanitary Lennon
Jacoba Atlas, Circus, April 1974
AFTER YEARS of the Dylans, the Tim Hardins, the jazz aficionados, and the Elton Johns, almost nothing could shock either the people or the environment at LA's Troubadour. Yet none other than John Lennon tried for that dubious big prize in the sky.
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