tom waits
 

i just noticed someone's avatar & it reminded me of one of my old favorites i've gotten away from.....tom waits!

the best barroom ballads i've ever heard.......i don't even booze anymore & they're some of my favorite songs.

blue valentines

heart of saturday night .......

then you get into his noisy, junkyard shit with mark ribot or keef richards on guitar. (rain dogs, swordfishtrombone)

the guy has a singular vision & sound and shows no sign of slowing down.

if you've spent anytime hunched over a bar, spilling yer guts to anyone who'll listen, til you're full of ragwater & blue ruin......do yourself a favor and pick up a tom waits cd. i haven't found a bad one yet.

any other tom freaks out there??????????

I don't think I've heard enough of his to be considered a "Tom freak", but a definately like him. I have a live album (big time, I think?) Mule Variations and Beautiful Maladies. I like the song Strange Weather... I was having a rough time dealing with a previous girlfriend, and wrote the lyrics to that song in a notebook. She was snooping through my stuff and read it; I think that is when she realized I wasn't too happy with her...

He was in a Robert Altman movie, I can't remember the name, but he was pretty good in it.

I'm a huge fan. Loving his "Alice" CD at the moment. He's got a ton of great songs.. too many to list.

Recent fan here. I haven't heard of any of his older stuff, but I have his "Blood Money" and "Alice" double release. Pure dirty gold.

New stuff is creative and interesting.

Old stuff is all that with a bit more sing-a-long pop song sensibility.

Thanks for listening.

Tom Waits is a musical genius... he will never be fully appreciated until he is gone...

count me in as a huge tom waits fan.

rain dogs remains his best!!

Huge Tom fan here. Loved the double release thing... got that dark, evil carnival feel to it. :)

It's been years since I listened to any Tom Waits. I actually pulled out the old L.P.s, dusted off the turntable, sat back and enjoyed. Thanks for reminding me about him. Now I have to get some on c.d.