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Bobby Womack Says He Could Be a Superstar

Vernon Gibbs, Rolling Stone, 19 July 1973

NEW YORK — Bobby Womack was in the midst of a highly successful tour with Santana. His single, 'Harry Hippie', had just been certified gold, the first gold record of his ten-year-old career, and his album, Understanding, was close to gold. In the midst of the tour he decided to take a short trip to his home in L.A., and when he returned East for a concert at Newark's Symphony Hall, something was obviously wrong.

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