Who The Hell Does KEVIN ROWLAND Think He Is?
Adrian Deevoy, Q, April 1988
It's that time again, when the curmudgeonly chairman of Dexys Midnight Runners rejoins the giddy carousel of pop to peddle more intense ideology in a fresh set of characterful clothes. Art terrorist, punk, docker, soul-rebel, hobo, man at M&S, warbling toreador... now what? Adrian Deevoy meets this year's model and cautiously enquires...
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