Steeleye Span: How a Goon Came To Play Ukelele
Colin Irwin, Melody Maker, 26 October 1974
IT WAS like the coming of a new Messiah. Everyone sat around nervously awaiting the arrival of HIM, the man who was gonna make this recording session a Very Special Occasion. The sort of stuff to make a rock legend. A
real happening.
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