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Tav Falco

Robert Gordon, 'Memphis Rent Party' (Bloomsbury), June 2018

TAV LOOKED at me and said, "Our show was great. We cleared the room." A pal of mine was at the smallish San Francisco club where Tav was playing, said that the anticipation prior was palpable. My guess is the audience thought they were seeing a revivalist, a rockabilly band from Memphis, the real thing playing the real thing. They didn't know how right they were, but not like they expected.

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