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- ↑ “Too much ain’t enough” by Barry Popik
- ↑ 'The club scene in the 1980s in New York City' by John Rockwell
- 1 2 3 'Lone Star Café (61 Fifth Avenue)' New York Rocker
- 1 2 3 Daddy-O: Iguana Heads & Texas Tales, by Bob "Daddy-O" Wade, St. Martin's Press, 1995, ISBN 0-312-13459-2
- ↑ 'James Brown & The JB's - Lone Star Cafe 15th Avenue New York City 1985', Rock Rare Collection
- ↑ Kinky Friedman
- ↑ Concertvault.com
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