A Son-of-a-bitch Interview with Willy DeVillle
Richard Cook, NME, 31 October 1981
Richard Cook gets threatened by a real life American rock 'n' roll star.
"oh, there ain't nothing that I wouldn't do
Just to walk that little girl home"
–Willy DeVille, 'Just To Walk That Little Girl Home.'
Total word count of piece: 1632
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