The $2m Show That Never Ends: Emerson, Lake & Palmer
Barbara Charone, Sounds, 2 July 1977
KEITH EMERSON sits in a Detroit French restaurant wearing traditional black leather trousers and a very large grin. Hes telling a reporter from Rolling Stone that champagne is rock n roll mouthwash. To prove the point, Greg Lake proceeds to spit some bubbly on the floor.
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