The Band: A Report from Paris
Geoffrey Cannon, Melody Maker, 5 June 1971
NO DIFFICULTY KNOWING when you've just finished hearing a great rock concert. Because you'll be in the middle of a great crowd of people standing on their seats, holding their arms up in V's, cheering, begging for more.
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