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  • Bob Dylan once said The Waifs were the best live performers he'd ever seen.

    Interview with Marsha Qualey 2008

  • Bob Dylan once said The Waifs were the best live performers he'd ever seen.

    Archive 2008-12-01 2008

  • The opening band was called the Waifs and they are from Australia.

    Archive 2003-05-01 Ed 2003

  • In time they also became known and referred to as "Waifs," "Keane," "Sad Eyes," and many other titles, all depicting the unique styles of this very creative woman.

    Boing Boing: September 4, 2005 - September 10, 2005 Archives 2005

  • He learned to live on the streets until, in his early teens, various misdemeanours – probably not including the famous but apparently apocryphal story about the firing of a pistol in the street on New Year's Eve – led a juvenile court to sentence him to an indeterminate stay in the Colored Waifs' Home.

    Louis Armstrong buys a cornet 2011

  • He learned to live on the streets until, in his early teens, various misdemeanours – probably not including the famous but apparently apocryphal story about the firing of a pistol in the street on New Year's Eve – led a juvenile court to sentence him to an indeterminate stay in the Colored Waifs' Home.

    Louis Armstrong buys a cornet 2011

  • He learned to live on the streets until, in his early teens, various misdemeanours – probably not including the famous but apparently apocryphal story about the firing of a pistol in the street on New Year's Eve – led a juvenile court to sentence him to an indeterminate stay in the Colored Waifs' Home.

    Louis Armstrong buys a cornet 2011

  • Waifs and Strays is such a cool name for a short story collection.

    A few things... 2008

  • I've no idea if this is a good book to start with, but I will probably read "Waifs and Strays" first anyway.

    A Short Goodbye, A Book Haul and A Frozen Lake 2007

  • I've no idea if this is a good book to start with, but I will probably read "Waifs and Strays" first anyway.

    Archive 2007-12-01 2007

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