The Flamin' Groovies Come Home
Joel Selvin, San Francisco Chronicle, 14 October 1978
AFTER EIGHT YEARS of silence in the band's hometown, the Flamin' Groovies suddenly made two San Francisco performances in less than a month. "I'm stopping the focus on England," said Cyril Jordan of the Groovies. "Anyway I'm no longer afraid of the United States.
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