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Willie Nile: The Reluctant Stardom of Willie Nile

Jon Young, Trouser Press, July 1980

YOU PROBABLY remember the New Dylan syndrome. It doesn't turn up much anymore, but once upon a time it seemed like every American male songwriter of any ability – Springsteen, John Prine, Steve Forbert, etc. – was hailed as the New Dylan.

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