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"Champagne for my real friends, real pain for my sham friends" is a pun in the form of an antimetabole.It is recorded as a toast dating to at least the nineteenth century, [1] though it is often mistakenly attributed to the Irish painter Francis Bacon [2] (1909–1992) or the American musician Tom Waits (born 1949).
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. [3] [4] He relocated to Los Angeles in 1972, where he worked as a songwriter before signing a recording contract with Asylum Records.
Nighthawks at the Diner is the third studio album by singer and songwriter Tom Waits, released on October 21, 1975, on Asylum Records. [1] It was recorded over four sessions in July in the Los Angeles Record Plant studio in front of a small invited audience set up to recreate the atmosphere of a jazz club. [2]
Waits has only mounted a handful of relatively short tours over the last 40 years, and was never a frequent presence on MTV. His 1988 concert film Big Time is, then, the best or only opportunity ...
Walk down Reader's Digest memory lane with these quotes from famous people throughout the decades. The post 100 of the Best Quotes from Famous People appeared first on Reader's Digest.
Denise Sullivan, writing for AllMusic, described "Christmas Card from a Hooker in Minneapolis" as "one of Tom Waits' most beloved songs from one of his more obscure albums... The song showcases Waits playing a barroom piano melody, weaving words together -- in essence, doing what he does best in one long, bittersweet song." [3]
Real Gone is the sixteenth studio album by Tom Waits, released on October 4, 2004, in Europe, and October 5 in the United States on the ANTI-label. The album was supported by the Real Gone Tour, playing sold-out locations in North America and Europe in October and November 2004.
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.