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- ↑ Trouser Press entry on Treat Her Right
- ↑ Oermann, Robert K. (June 25, 1989). "Treat Her Right wants to be heard". The Tennessean.
- ↑ People Staff (October 30, 1989). "Picks and Pans: Tied to the Tracks". People.
- ↑ Symkus, Ed (January 25, 2019). "David Champagne preaches musical word at Passim". Wicked Local - Cambridge.
- ↑ Club Passim website