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Spider John and the 7-string itch

Max Jones, Melody Maker, 23 April 1966

ONE OF the first things to strike you when you hear Spider John Koerner on records, is the odd double-string flavour of the guitar work — too light and agile for a twelve-stringer but fuller than the normal six-string instrument.

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