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Thomas Alan "Tom" Waits

Thomas Alan "Tom" Waits. Tom Waits:. B orn December 7, 1949 in Pomona California . Singer song-writer, musician, actor, and composer . Lives with wife Kathleen Brennan and their three children. 63 years old and still performing strong. Musical Persona:.

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Thomas Alan "Tom" Waits

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  1. Thomas Alan "Tom" Waits

  2. Tom Waits: • Born December 7, 1949 in Pomona California. • Singer song-writer, musician, actor, and composer. • Lives with wife Kathleen Brennan and their three children. • 63 years old and still performing strong.

  3. Musical Persona: Genre: Blues, jazz, parlor ballads, vaudeville, rock and EXPERIMENTAL. Instruments: Piano, guitar, percussion, and vocals. Distinctive voice: “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”—Daniel DurchHolz/Rolling Stone magazine http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUhWuPTBIfo

  4. Band and accompanying instruments: Standard: Electric guitars, keys, stand-up bass, drums, percussion, tenor sax. Supplemental: Banjo, accordion, harp, bag-pipes, bull-horn, bowed saw, harmonica, conundrum, organs, hand-bells, shakers, theremin, and you name it……..

  5. Trademark: One of a kind character and versatile Multi talented entertainer (actor, produces musical theatre, writes books, comedian) Well known for his conventional ballads Uses 12 Bar Blues form (traditional and non) Fusing of genres Lyric content: Under-belly of American life (beautiful losers, nighthawks, boozers, grifters, drifters, dreamers, con men and the portrayal of seedy characters). High energy output/explosive performances http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lh7JZUpaVPg

  6. Major Influences: • Beat Generation • Jack Kerouac • Charles Bukowski • Lord Buckley • Tin Pan Alley • George Gershwin • James Brown • Bessie Smith • Ray Charles • Bob Dylan • Louis Armstrong • Thelonious Monk • Howlin’ Wolf • Muddy Waters • Billie Holiday • Johnny Cash • Frank Sinatra

  7. Artists covering Waits songs: • Johnny Cash • Eagles • Bruce Springsteen • Neville brothers • Tori Amos • Nora Jones • Rod Stewart • Steve Earle • Robert Plant • Allison Krauss • Blind Boys of Alabama • Sarah MacLachlan • Screaming Jay Hawkins • Solomon Burke • Elvis Costello • Bob Seger • Les Claypool • Ramones -VH1 declared him, “one of the most influential artists of all time.” -Recorded with many artists such as Hank Williams III, Les Claypool, Teddy Edwards, Blind Boys Alabama, Bette Middler and more…….

  8. 24 Albums (1973-2011) Heart Of Saturday Night -1974 Closing Time -1973 Night hawks at the Diner -1975 Small Change -1976 Foreign Affair -1977 Blue Valentine -1978 Bounced Checks -1981 Heart-attack And Vine -1980

  9. One From the Heart: Soundtrack -1982 Rain Dogs -1985 Franks Wild Years -1987 Swordfish Trombones -1983 The Black Rider -1993 Bone Machine -1990 Big Time -1989 Night On Earth: Soundtrack -1992

  10. Alice -2002 Mule Variations -1999 Used Songs -2001 Blood Money -2002 Orphans -2006 Real Gone -2004 Glitter and Doom -2009 Bad Ass Me -2011

  11. Musical Theatre: • “Black Rider”(successful run at the Steppenwolf Theatre in Chicago) • “Blood Money” • “Alice in Wonderland” • “Franks Wild Years” 1990

  12. Acting Career: • Coffee and Cigarettes • Dracula http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WaVZmo8CsGQ • Down by Law • The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus • Fisher King • Iron Weed • Book of Eli • Produced several sound tracks • (2014) Pinocchio (director Guillermo Del Toro)

  13. Waits was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of FameMarch 14, 2011. The ceremony was held at the Waldorf Astoria.

  14. Tom Waits living legend—musical genius http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o72GDj7svq4

  15. References: • "Tom Waits Biography." Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Museum. n.d. n. page. Web. 10 Dec. 2012. <http://rockhall.com/inductees/tom-waits/bio/>. • "Tom Waits." Rolling Stone Artists. n.d. n. page. Web. 10 Dec. 2012. <http://www.rollingstone.com/music/artists/tom-waits/biography>. • "Tom Waits Biography." Sing365. n.d. n. page. Web. 12 Dec. 2012. <http://www.sing365.com/music/lyric.nsf/Tom-Waits-Biography/4E0D557FC6DA695248256974002C0F8B>. • "Tom Waits." Anti. n. page. Web. 12 Dec. 2012. <http://www.tomwaits.com/albums/

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