Steve Marriott: Everyone's 'Luv' And 'Mate'
Keith Altham, NME, 9 September 1966
SHOULD Steve Marriott ever chance to meet royalty it would be safe to assume that within five minutes he would be calling them "luv" and "mate" for this Pimlico-based Small Face with the turnip-shaped top knot has more chirp than a Cockney sparrow.
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