Pretty Barfly: Elliott Smith
Keith Cameron, NME, 1 May 1999
ELLIOTT SMITH is a philosopher, a jocular barroom buddy, but he's also a loner, the Bukowski-esque malcontent with a great American sadness etched into his gnarled visage. Truly, he is of the grand tradition...
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