He pounds out a steady rhythm. Boom, t-tap, boom, t-tap, tap, boom! Leaning into his drums, his mouth is less than an inch from the microphone, and he’s singing a tuneless song. "I love Wal-Mart. Yes, I love Wal-Mart." The drumming continues as he makes it all up, phrase by phrase.
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Jimmy Carpenter wears a white mask, a black tuxedo suit and a red tie. Along with his gray music box, he entertains passers-by at the corner of Michigan Avenue and Wacker Drive - and on a good day he says he pulls in $200 to $300. "God gave me this gift," Carpenter, 51, says during a break.
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