Tom Waits, American singer-songwriter and actor whose gritty, sometimes romantic depictions of the lives of the urban underclass won him a loyal if limited following and the admiration of critics and prominent musicians who performed and recorded his son
Waits and possibly also get beaten up. Regarding the former, the problem is more embarrassing, but I can't change what I am. I can't change the fact that I am much more interested in guitar-based rock music than in Threepenny Opera (?), tarantellas (??), tangos (???), jazz (!
It's a harrowing romance from probably the greatest album of Waits' early years, which brings me to my problem with the collection. Small Change is sadly under-represented here, with only the amazing "Step Right Up" and "Tom Traubert's Blues" on the roll call. So, my only complaint ...
Waits wanted to find a new studio where he felt more comfortable, which wound up being a former chicken farm in Northern California: Prairie Sun Recording Studio in bucolic Cotati. Instead of the main tracking room, Waits chose a small spot in the basement that had been a hatchery. “I d...
Thomas Alan Waits (born December 7, 1949) is an American singer-songwriter, musician, composer and actor. His distinctive voice was described by critic Daniel Durchholz as sounding as though "it was soaked in a vat of bourbon, left hanging in the smokehouse for a few months, and then take...
Title from one of two Tom Waits covers. Production is spare and laid back, which suits him fine (not that all the songs hold up). B+(**) [sp] Outer Spaceways Incorporated: Kronos Quartet & Friends Meet Sun Ra (2024, Red Hot +): Discogs files under Kronos Quartet, but they don'...
Tom Waits - "Jockey Full of Bourbon" Click to load video Amid all the arcana, Waits even laid the groundwork for an actual pop hit. When Rod Stewart covered Waits’s diffident, heart-tugging love song “Downtown Train” four years later, it went all the way to No. 3. But Waits ha...
Introduced this group on his 2018 album, with Josh Evans (trumpet), Marcus Strickland (tenor sax/bass clarinet), and Nasheet Waits (drums), with all four bringing songs. This one adds covers of Larry Young, Ornette Coleman, and Sonny Rollins; each, in its way, sharpening the edges. **...
Tom Waits (1998):By the end of the decade, Waits had perfected the trashcan percussion and gasping howl that had defined most of his '80s and '90s work. In a way, 'Mule Variations' may be his most representative album, a culmination of a career living on the far, far edge. ...
Tom Waits (1998):By the end of the decade, Waits had perfected the trashcan percussion and gasping howl that had defined most of his '80s and '90s work. In a way, 'Mule Variations' may be his most representative album, a culmination of a career living on the far, far edge. ...