Chanced on this great recent interview with Thom Bell , Philly soul genius behind the great Delfonics, the Stylistics and other hits… didn’t he blow my mind this time!
About Barney Hoskyns
Barney Hoskyns co-founded and editorially directs Rock’s Backpages. He is the author of, among other books, Across the Great Divide: The Band & America (1993), Waiting for the Sun: Strange Days, Weird Scenes & the Sound of Los Angeles (1996), Hotel California: Singer-Songwriters & Cocaine Cowboys in the LA Canyons (2006) and the Tom Waits biography Lowside of the Road (2009). Formerly US correspondent for MOJO, he resides in London's leafy East Sheen, the birthplace of rock and roll.
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