The Flamin’ Groovies: Teenage Head (Kama Sutra)
Greg Shaw, Rolling Stone, 27 May 1971
IVE BEEN betting on the Flamin Groovies a long time. When they used to come on stage at Golden Gate Park love-ins and all the psychedummies held their noses, I would move up close to watch, knowing this group had something going for them beneath all that ineptitude.
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