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Tom Waits: Town Crier

Bill Holdship, Creem, January 1988

I'M A LITTLE nervous – and I don't get this way often these days. But I've heard that Tom Waits can be a difficult interview. Plus, he's probably one of the most mysterious people I've ever had to profile. A lot's been written about him, but no one seems to know much about him.

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