Listen to a Willis Earl Beal short story read by Omar on "The Wire"
20 June 2014, 16:19
| Written by
Luke Morgan Britton
Willis Earl Beal is clearly a man of many mediums, having already dabbled in music, film and comic books. Now, the singer has unveiled a new short story.
“The Brown Dog Chronicles” was recently uploaded to Beal’s Soundcloud, as recited by Michael K. Williams (aka Omar on The Wire). Listen to that below, ahead of Beal’s self-released new album in August.
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