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Tracy Thomas, in Hollywood, visits the Exciting Turner Family

Tracy Thomas, New Musical Express, 22 July 1966

THE TINY stage is packed; ten musicians in sleek, blue suits; the three young, pretty Ikettes in pop-art dresses; Ike Turner in more casual, but just as well-made, clothes; and in the centre of the stage a small package of dynamite, the "Bronze Bombshell," "Miss Excitement," Tina Turner, pouring out soul and emotion.

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