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Howlin' Wolf: Max's Kansas City, New York NY

Howard Wuelfing, The Village Voice, 7 June 1973

WELL, IT'S OFFICIAL now. New York is the glitter capital of the rock world and Max's is its major stronghold. That's what an article in Crawdaddy said. I suppose if they had known it Larry Johnson would have smeared his eyelids with glitter and Howlin' Wolf would have picked up a pair of platform heels at Klein's before their sets there.

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