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A Cult Artist's Eclectic Influences

Kid Creole is the alter-ego of songwriter August Darnell. His charming but boasting album titles and complex lyrics may have kept him from rock stardom, but rock critic Ken Tucker says the music on his new album--I, Too, Have Seen the Woods--is beguiling.

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Other segments from the episode on August 6, 1987

Fresh Air with Terry Gross, August 6, 1987: Interview with Molly Yard; Review of Kid Creole and the Coconuts' album "I, Too, Have Seen the Woods"; Interview with Tom Clancy; Review of the film "Snow…

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