Silverhead Savage
Mark Plummer, Melody Maker, 9 June 1973
MICHAEL DES BARRES, the ultimate rock and roll star sits drinking decaffeinated coffee in the health food-come-curio shop on the Portobello Road, London. He's swamped under an enormous cloak, playing with two white kittens.
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