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Tom Waits. トム・ウェイツ （ Tom Waits 、本名：Thomas Alan Waits、 1949年 12月7日 - ）は、 アメリカ合衆国 カリフォルニア州 ポモナ 出身の シンガーソングライター 、 俳優 。. 2011年 に、 ロックの殿堂 入りを果たした [1] 。. 「 ローリング・ストーンの選ぶ歴史上 ...
HALL OF FAME ESSAY. By Rob Bowman. As is the case with a select few genre-defining artists such as Miles Davis, Bob Dylan, and Joni Mitchell,Tom Waits, over the course of his nearly forty-year career, has operated under the maxim “He not busy being born is busy dying.”. Refusing to stay still and rest on his laurels, Waits has continuously ...
Celebrate 50 years of Tom Waits’ highly influential debut album ‘Closing Time’ originally released in 1973. To commemorate the occasion, a limited-edition anniversary double LP package is out today featuring your choice of black or clear 180g vinyl, cut at 45 RPM with half speed mastering by London’s Abbey Road Studios, and packaged in a gatefold jacket specially created with premium ...
Dec 26, 2023 · Curious newcomers are advised to dip in slowly. Small Change (Asylum, 1976) Four albums in, Waits ups his ante. Note the punning title, because opening track Tom Traubert’s Blues (Four Sheets To The Wind In Copenhagen) marks a real shift in balladry, taking the Waltzing Matilda tune as a skeletal framework for an ambitious cantata.
Oct 7, 2022 · Tom Waits is one of the true eccentrics of pop music. The New York Times once described him as the poet of outcasts. There's always been an element of mystery surrounding his life. The people he ...
Sep 20, 2023 · Making his debut at the height of the ‘70s singer/songwriter boom, Tom Waits revealed only slight glimpses of his myriad idiosyncrasies on 1973’s Closing Time.Heavily composed of ballads, the album’s sound is a result of a compromise between Waits’ own preference for more jazz-leaning material and producer Jerry Yester’s penchant for folk.
Apr 30, 2020 · Tom Waits is one of the most celebrated singer-songwriters of the last century, with a career that defies categorization and has influenced many artists. The great Californian singer-songwriter ...
