The Everything's-Coming-Up-Roses-For-Frankie Miller Headline
Bob Woffinden, NME, 16 July 1977
ONLY SOMEONE as talented as Frankie Miller could have afforded to be so profligate with his gifts. He's a survivor, sure, but it's been a close thing. He's managed to blow most of the opportunities that have come his way. Trains, buses, tides in the affairs of men he's missed them all.
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