he’s having a ‘private listening party‘, but at least right now the site seems to be down. the title track started streaming last night and it’s real good and the first track on the record is called ‘chicago’ so very promising.
August 23, 2011 by abulafia
new tom waits record – bad as me
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March 25, 2011 by abulafia
tom waits inducted into the hall of fame
via [tomwaits]
and if you got some time to kill and are so inclined, you can do worse than looking up some of tom’s old letterman appearances on youtube
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September 1, 2010 by abulafia
papa’s got a brand new bag
A rare Tom Waits version of the 1965 James Brown soul classic “Papa’s Got A Brand New Bag.” Less a cover of the original Brown penned masterpiece than an ingenious and maniacal reinterpretation recorded live in 1987 at Massey Hall in Toronto Canada during the “Frank‘s Wild Years” tour. On stage that night are Tom Waits on vocals, piano, bullhorn, Marc Ribot: guitars, banjos, trumpet, Willy Schwarz (introduced as Willie ‘the squeeze’) on accordion, organ, keyboards, Ralph Carney: saxophones, clarinet, bass clarinet, marimba, violin, baritone horn, harmonica, Greg Cohen: upright/ electric bass, box electric and Michael Blair on drums & percussion.
via [tom waits]
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June 11, 2010 by abulafia
richard III – tom waits
ORKATER PRESENTS A SHAKESPEARE PRODUCTION WITH MUSIC BY TOM WAITS AND KATHLEEN BRENNAN
Richard III is playing exclusively in Stadsschouwburg Amsterdam from 22 September to 12 October.
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