Alexis Petridis on the Velvet Underground's Mo Tucker

'I don't care if a Velvet's joined the Tea Party'I'm not sure whether the news team that was sent to cover the Tea Party rally in Tifton, Georgia, realised they were talking to the drummer of perhaps the greatest US rock'n'roll band of all time. In fairness, it's difficult to imagine how anyone could look less like the drummer of perhaps the greatest US rock band of all time than the 66-year-old woman on the NBC report. But perhaps Maureen Tucker didn't volunteer the information on the grounds t...

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