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Tom Waits was born and raised in a middle-class family in Pomona, California. Inspired by the work of Bob Dylan and the Beat Generation, he began singing on the San Diego folk circuit. He relocated to Los Angeles in 1972, where he worked as a songwriter before signing a recording contract with Asylum Records.
Still, the song is a queasy treat; Waits must have known how it sounded when he recorded it. The Black Rider has the distinction of being probably the most extreme album in Tom Waits’ entire oeuvre, not so much for its individual songs as for the contrasts between them. Along the way it includes what is undoubtedly – a bold claim, but true ...
The Black Rider: The Casting of the Magic Bullets is a self-billed "musical fable" in the avant-garde tradition created through the collaboration of theatre director Robert Wilson, musician Tom Waits and writer William S. Burroughs. Wilson, in the original production, was largely responsible for the design and direction.
"Train Song" by Pentangle from their 1969 album Basket of Light "Train Song", a song by Phish from the 1996 album Billy Breathes "Train Song", a song by Tom Waits from his 1987 album Franks Wild Years
"Downtown Train" is a song by Tom Waits released on his album Rain Dogs in 1985. The promo video for the song was directed by Jean-Baptiste Mondino , it features boxer Jake LaMotta and Neith Hunter .
"16 Shells From a Thirty-Ought-Six" is a song by Tom Waits appearing on his 1983 album Swordfishtrombones. In 1988, it was released as a single in support of his live performance album Big Time. [1] The title refers to the .30-06 Springfield caliber.
The Early Years is a two-part retrospective album series of Tom Waits songs, consisting of recordings made before Waits' debut album, Closing Time. Volume one was released in 1991 and volume two was released in 1993 on Bizarre/Straight. The recordings were made between July and December 1971.
After Island Records, Waits moved to Anti/Epitaph for Mule Variations, an album that won him a second Grammy. [1] Since the mid-1980s, he has collaborated with his wife Kathleen Brennan. His latest studio album, titled Bad as Me, was released in 2011. [1] As of 2011, according to Nielsen Soundscan, Waits has sold 4.6 million albums in the ...