Richard Cromelin, Phonograph Record, October 1976
CHARACTERS, REAL honest-to-goodness characters, are hard to come by these days, so right off the bat Tom Waits, with his wino outfits and broken-soul slouch, with that gravel-filled bassoon of a voice and bleary but perspective eye, has a lot going for him.
Total word count of piece: 1075
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