The Eagles: The Eagles (Asylum)
Ben Edmonds, Creem, September 1972
EVER SINCE some unwitting fool made the mistake of pointing out that much of the rock and roll musician evolved from the hillbilly, we've been pestered day and night by city boys who've suddenly taken to wearing spurs and howling at the moon.
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