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The Jess Roden Band: Jess Keeps His Hat On

Chris Welch, Melody Maker, 21 August 1976

"I JUST couldn't wait to get out of my stage uniform and into a pair of jeans...I may have wasted time, but I sing what I believe in..." Jess Roden, deftly hand-rolling a cigarette, casts his mind over a decade of memories.

Total word count of piece: 1555

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