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John Hammond, Wicked Grin.(Wicked Grin )(Sound Recording Review)

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Hmm. Bluesboy Johnny Hammond cuts an entire album of Tom Waits covers. Can anyone out-Waits Waits for audacious, growling down-and-out portraits of life's cast offs, where every scene could be painted on a thickly stained pool room floor? Would anyone want to? Happily, tho'--no irony intended--the results are decidedly Waits-ian, Hammond did and does to fine effect. Produced by Waits, Wicked Grin ...

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