Stand By Your Van: Tammy Meets the KLF
Terry Staunton, NME, 23 November 1992
Welcome to Mu Mu Land, where hooded figures drive ice-cream vans and nothing is quite like it is in Tennessee. Which is a welcome change for TAMMY WYNETTE, whos forsaken Nashville to bond with THE KLF on their Christmas monster-to-be Justified And Ancient (Stand By The JAMs), a tribute to the song shes been singin for 23 years. TERRY STAUNTON shares a 99 with the Queen Empress of Country Music.
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