The Rowan Brothers: The Rowans
Jerry Gilbert, ZigZag, February 1976
THE ROWAN BROS. have variously been described as the greatest thing since the Beatles (J. Garcia in Rolling Stone) and Clive Davis's Biggest Mistake. A consensus of opinion would probably favour the latter although after hearing their first album for Columbia I was quite willing to opt for the former.
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