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Basil Brush Didn't Write 'Boom Boom': The R&B Revival in London

John Pidgeon, Melody Maker, 8 December 1979

Okay, so there isn't an R&B revival around the London clubs – but there are certainly a whole lot of bands borrowing their material from Howlin' Wolf and Little Walter. What is this, then? Simply a return to the roots which have always nurtured British rock? John Pidgeon talks to the Blues Band, Red Beans & Rice, the Inmates and Little Rooster.

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