Terry’s Funky Steamer
Penny Valentine, Sounds, 1973
FOR A WEEK now in Los Angeles the local TV station have been running a series of old maestro W.C. Fields movies each morning. Today is no exception. Its midday on Monday and Terry Reid lies in bed watching fields — sometimes giggling, occasionally helpless with laughter.
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