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Tavern verite' stylist: Guitarist David Wilcox pushed all the right buttons and pulled all the usual stunts in his first of three nights at Ontario Place Forum, critic Craig MacInnis says
Tavern verite' stylist: Guitarist David Wilcox pushed all the right buttons and pulled all the usual stunts in his first of three nights at Ontario Place Forum, critic Craig MacInnis says

Tavern verite' stylist: Guitarist David Wilcox pushed all the right buttons and pulled all the usual stunts in his first of three nights at Ontario Place Forum, critic Craig MacInnis says

Date6/1/1988
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Original Toronto Star caption: Tavern verite' stylist: Guitarist David Wilcox pushed all the right buttons and pulled all the usual stunts in his first of three nights at Ontario Place Forum, critic Craig MacInnis says.
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