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Tom Waits
| Real Name: Thomas Alan Waits
Born: 7-Dec-1949 Birthplace: Pomona, CA Tom Waits began as a piano-based barroom balladeer with a penchant for beat poetry and West Coast jazz. He eventually mutated into a brilliantly adventurous artist whose style suggested an amalgam of Howlin' Wolf, Kurt Weill, and Captain Beefheart. Ever the theatrical figure, Waits also found success as an actor in several films. He's also worked on numerous theatrical/musical projects with avant garde theater king Robert Wilson. Though generally regarded as a cult artist, he's widely respected, and everyone from Rod Stewart to the Eagles has covered his songs. |
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Rain
Dogs (1985)
Tom Waits discarded his bohemian sage persona with the radical
Swordfishtrombones, and this follow-up release synthesized and developed
themes from that groundbreaking album. Ever-shifting percussive textures
are supported, where applicable, by horns or Farfisa organ and several
guest musicians, including ...
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Closing
Time (1973)
Waits's voice isn't the deep, gravelly instrument that would bellow its
way through RAIN DOGS, but a smoky, measured one, devoid of artifice.
Accordingly, the song structures are simpler, and the best
("Martha," "I Hope That I Don't Fall in ...
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Small
Change (1976)
Unquestionably the definitive recording of Waits' early period, SMALL
CHANGE brings his beatnik/grifter/gruff, poetic piano man persona into
sharp, defining focus. Waits' blues/jazz/'40s pop amalgam is at its most
cohesive here, as he's backed by three West Coast jazz vets ...
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Swordfishtrombones
(1983)
Though Tom Waits had spent most of the '70s establishing himself as one
of America's most distinctive singer-songwriters, SWORDFISHTROMBONES
found him reinventing himself and creating one of the most original
sounds in popular music. Leaving behind his Kerouac-influenced lyrics
and ...
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Tom
Waits - Under Review: 1983-2006 (2006)
Explore the musical career of Tom Waits with this documentary tailor
made for fans of the cult favorite. This release looks at Waits's albums
from 1983-2006. Tom Waits Under Review 1983 - 2006 is an 80 minute
documentary film which looks ...
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