Why Dave Mason Is Trying To Go The Paul Simon Route
Chris Charlesworth, Melody Maker, 15 September 1973
THE VERY fat man with a pony tail who sat himself down next to me twitched almost uncontrollably as the Englishman with the red Stratocaster pumped out the clear guitar licks from the crowded stage. That chair, I mused, is bound to go soon unless there's a change of pace.
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