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Wilson Pickett — Stones, Tom Jones Fan!

Tracy Thomas, New Musical Express, 1 October 1965

"I WAS SITTING on the front porch picking at my guitar and singing. This neighbour boy came up and asked me to play some more. Then he told me I sounded good and would I like to try out for this group he was in. I did and that night I signed a three-year contract with the Falcons."

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