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- ↑ William York (1982). Who's Who in Rock Music. Scribner. p. 35. ISBN 9780684173429.
BONAROO Bill Cuomo— keyboards, vocal; Michael Hossack— drums; Robert Lichtig — bass, vocal; Jerry Weems — guitar, vocal; Bobby Winkelman— guitar, vocal. Album: Bonaroo (WBR) 1975
- ↑ Stereo Review, 1975, volume 34, p. 72, "Bonaroo's sound is straight-ahead Top-Forty pop with no pretensions but with a good deal of craft to it."
- ↑ Dafydd Rees; Luke Crampton (1999). Rock Stars Encyclopedia. Dorling Kindersley. p. 599. ISBN 978-0789446138.
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