Flamin' Groovies
Nick Kent, Friends/Frendz, 23 June 1972
AS I RECALL, it was the second week of July back there in 1970 — prime time for a righteous dose of dem ole Summertime Blues. At that time, Frendz' celebrated rock writer was living in a one-horse town, still picking his nose and possessing a touching appearance of dog-eared innocence which the excesses of Ladbroke Grove were so soon to remove from his benign features. But believe me, readers, I was going through the torments of hell.
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