The Moody Blues: Gentle, Smooth and Nice
Bud Scoppa, Circus, August 1970
THE FIVE RATHER dapper looking musicians on the Fillmore East stage began a song, and some members of the audience craned their heads to look for the orchestra that evidently backed the group.
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