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Title: Tom Waits - Franks Wild Years
Year/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1987, Blues, Los Angeles, California 5/26
Matrix #: 90572 1
Condition: VG+ sounds great (TC) | Members: Tom W (49' - Alive)
Cultural Facts:

1. Personal Struggle: Waits built much of his persona from barroom outsiders and damaged characters, but his own early grind came from low-paying club work and unstable road life.
2. Studio Lore: Franks Wild Years grew from a stage play Waits created with Kathleen Brennan, making the album part theater piece, part crooked songbook.
3. Media Narrative: By this era, Waits had fully escaped lounge-singer expectations, turning himself into a strange American narrator rather than a normal pop act.