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Thomas Alan Waits (born December 7, 1949) is an American singer-songwriter, composer, and actor. Waits has a distinctive voice, described by critic Daniel Durchholz as sounding like "it was soaked in a vat of bourbon, left hanging in the smokehouse for a few months, and then taken outside and run over with a car." With this trademark growl, his incorporation of pre-rock music styles such as blues, jazz, and vaudeville, and experimental tendencies verging on industrial music, Waits has built up a distinctive musical persona. He has worked as a composer for movies and musicals and has acted in supporting roles in films, including Paradise Alley and Bram Stoker's Dracula. He also starred in Jim Jarmusch's 1986 film Down by Law. He was nominated for an Academy Award for his soundtrack work on One from the Heart.
Waits' lyrics frequently present atmospheric portraits of grotesque, often seedy characters and places—although he has also shown a penchant for more conventional ballads. He has a cult following and has influenced subsequent songwriters despite having little radio or music video support. His songs are best-known through cover versions by more commercial artists: "Jersey Girl", performed by Bruce Springsteen, "Ol' '55", by the Eagles, and "Downtown Train", by Rod Stewart. Although Waits' albums have met with mixed commercial success in his native United States, they have occasionally achieved gold album sales status in other countries. He has been nominated for a number of major music awards and has won Grammy Awards for two albums, Bone Machine and Mule Variations. In 2011, Waits was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. He is also included among the 2010 list of Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest Singers. and the 2015 list of Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest Songwriters of All Time.
"Hold On" by @tomwaits from the album 'Mule Variations,' 1999 Directed by Matt Mahurin TOM WAITS ▶ Store: https://tomwaits.ffm.to/store ▶ Website: http://www.tomwaits.com ▶ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tomwaits ▶ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tomwaits ▶ Twitter: https://twitter.com/TomWaits ▶ Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3LC1qg9 ▶ Apple: https://apple.co/3v3UGlz ▶ Amazon: https://amzn.to/3rWIqkK ANTI- RECORDS ▶ Store: https://antircrds.io/store ▶ Website: http://www.anti.com ▶ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/antirecords ▶ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/antirecords ▶ Twitter: https://twitter.com/antirecords ▶ Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3F8wIHU ▶ Apple: https://apple.co/33kCNDl #tomwaits #mulevariations
from the album "The Early Years Vol.II" Audio HQ
"Downtown Train" by @tomwaits from the album 'Rain Dogs,' 1985 Directed by Jean Baptiste Mondino TOM WAITS ▶ Store: https://tomwaits.ffm.to/store ▶ Website: http://www.tomwaits.com ▶ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tomwaits ▶ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tomwaits ▶ Twitter: https://twitter.com/TomWaits ▶ Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3LC1qg9 ▶ Apple: https://apple.co/3v3UGlz ▶ Amazon: https://amzn.to/3rWIqkK ANTI- RECORDS ▶ Store: https://antircrds.io/store ▶ Website: http://www.anti.com ▶ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/antirecords ▶ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/antirecords ▶ Twitter: https://twitter.com/antirecords ▶ Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3F8wIHU ▶ Apple: https://apple.co/33kCNDl #tomwaits #raindogs
"Hell Broke Luce" by @tomwaits from the album 'Bad As Me,' 2011 Directed By Matt Mahurin TOM WAITS ▶ Store: https://tomwaits.ffm.to/store ▶ Website: http://www.tomwaits.com ▶ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tomwaits ▶ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tomwaits ▶ Twitter: https://twitter.com/TomWaits ▶ Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3LC1qg9 ▶ Apple: https://apple.co/3v3UGlz ▶ Amazon: https://amzn.to/3rWIqkK ANTI- RECORDS ▶ Store: https://antircrds.io/store ▶ Website: http://www.anti.com ▶ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/antirecords ▶ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/antirecords ▶ Twitter: https://twitter.com/antirecords ▶ Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3F8wIHU ▶ Apple: https://apple.co/33kCNDl #tomwaits #badasme
"God's Away On Business" by @tomwaits from the album 'Blood Money,' 2002 Directed by Jesse Dylan TOM WAITS ▶ Store: https://tomwaits.ffm.to/store ▶ Website: http://www.tomwaits.com ▶ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tomwaits ▶ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tomwaits ▶ Twitter: https://twitter.com/TomWaits ▶ Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3LC1qg9 ▶ Apple: https://apple.co/3v3UGlz ▶ Amazon: https://amzn.to/3rWIqkK ANTI- RECORDS ▶ Store: https://antircrds.io/store ▶ Website: http://www.anti.com ▶ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/antirecords ▶ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/antirecords ▶ Twitter: https://twitter.com/antirecords ▶ Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3F8wIHU ▶ Apple: https://apple.co/33kCNDl #tomwaits #bloodmoney
Tom Waits Greatest Hits (FULL ALBUM) - Best of Tom Waits [PLAYLIST HQ/HD]. Tom Waits Greatest Hits (FULL ALBUM) - Best of Tom Waits [PLAYLIST HQ/HD]
"I Don't Wanna Grow Up" by Tom Waits from the album 'Bone Machine,' 1992 Directed by Jim Jarmusch Official Site: http://www.tomwaits.com/ Official Store: http://tomwaitsstore.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tomwaits/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/tomwaits #tomwaits #bonemachine
Released October 15, 1974 The Heart of Saturday Night is the second studio album by singer and songwriter Tom Waits, released in 1974 on Asylum Records. The title song was written as a tribute to Jack Kerouac. Tom Waits – vocals, piano, guitar Jim Hughart – double bass Pete Christlieb – tenor saxophone Tom Scott - clarinet Jim Gordon – drums 01 - 00:00 New Coat of Paint 02 - 03:23 San Diego Serenade 03 - 06:53 Semi Suite 04 - 10:22 Shiver Me Timbers 05 - 14:49 Diamonds on My Windshield 06 - 18:01 (Looking for) The Heart of Saturday Night 07 - 21:54 Fumblin' with the Blues 08 - 24:57 Please Call Me, Baby 09 - 29:23 Depot, Depot 10 - 33:09 Drunk on the Moon 11 - 33:17 The Ghosts of Saturday Night (After Hours at Napoleone's Pizza House)
Tom Waits performs "The Piano Has Been Drinking" from the album 'Small Change' live On Fernwood Tonight in 1977 Official Site: http://www.tomwaits.com/ Official Store: http://tomwaitsstore.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tomwaits/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/tomwaits #tomwaits #smallchange
Thomas Alan Waits (born December 7, 1949) is an American singer-songwriter, composer, and actor. Waits has a distinctive voice, described by critic Daniel Durchholz as sounding like "it was soaked in a vat of bourbon, left hanging in the smokehouse for a few months, and then taken outside and run over with a car." With this trademark growl, his incorporation of pre-rock music styles such as blues, jazz, and vaudeville, and experimental tendencies verging on industrial music, Waits has built up a distinctive musical persona. He has worked as a composer for movies and musicals and has acted in supporting roles in films, including Paradise Alley and Bram Stoker's Dracula. He also starred in Jim Jarmusch's 1986 film Down by Law. He was nominated for an Academy Award for his soundtrack work on One from the Heart.
Waits' lyrics frequently present atmospheric portraits of grotesque, often seedy characters and places—although he has also shown a penchant for more conventional ballads. He has a cult following and has influenced subsequent songwriters despite having little radio or music video support. His songs are best-known through cover versions by more commercial artists: "Jersey Girl", performed by Bruce Springsteen, "Ol' '55", by the Eagles, and "Downtown Train", by Rod Stewart. Although Waits' albums have met with mixed commercial success in his native United States, they have occasionally achieved gold album sales status in other countries. He has been nominated for a number of major music awards and has won Grammy Awards for two albums, Bone Machine and Mule Variations. In 2011, Waits was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. He is also included among the 2010 list of Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest Singers. and the 2015 list of Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest Songwriters of All Time.
Good mornin mr. snip snip snip witchur haircut jus as short as mine
Bay rum lucky tiger butch wax cracker jacks shoe shine jaw breaker
Magazine racks hangin round the barber shop a side burnin close crop
Mornin mr. furgeson what's the good word witcha been
Stayin outa trouble like a good boy should i see you're still cuttin hair
Well i'm still cuttin classes i just couldn't hep myself
I got a couple of passes to the ringle bros. barn bail circus afternoon
I see you lost a little round the middle and your lookin reel good
Sittin on the wagon stead of under the hood
What's the low down mr. brown heard you boy's leavin town
I just bought myself a struggle buggy suckers powder blue
Throw me over sports page cincinnati's lookin' good
Always been for pittsburgh lay you 10 to 1
That the pirates get the pennant and the series for their done
You know the hair's gettin longer and the skirts gettin shorter
You can get a cheaper haircut if you wanna cross the border
Now if your mama saw you smokin why she'd kick your ass
Put it out you little juvenile and put it out fast
Oh if i had a million dollars well what would i do
Probly be a barber not a bum like you
Still gotchur paper route now that's just fine
Now you can pay me double cause you gypped me last time
You be keepin little circus money and spend it on a girl