Silverhead Training For The Heavyweight Stakes
Nick Kent, NME, 9 June 1973
THE SIGN on the marquee outside the Continental Hyatt House on Sunset Blvd., L.A., read: "Welcome Silverhead." Well, not quite: the 'a' was missing after the first day, and as the week progressed the 'h' and 'e' disappeared as well.
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