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and Nashville soul via Benson and White's uncompromising songcraft and the band's steadfast musical muscle

with a certain playfulness

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WILD BILLY CHILDISH AND THE SPARTAN DREGGS - Dreggradation LP uk diy is so funky you canAs part of The Spartan Dreggs, Childish takes the back seat, playing bass and adding intermittent back up vocals, while Neil Palmer, a younger, leaner sounding vocalist cut from the same cloth, takes the mic. Mores the pity, as Childishs voice is often the foundation that raises the sound of whatever band hes playing in above and beyond the 1965 Who mimicry that could easily be levied at them. Still, theres plenty here across these three brief records