Tom Waits
Musician
PERFORMANCE/TOUR: Widespread Panic 11.13 Oakland...passed away. Clocking in at around an hour and a half, the lengthy first set featured Bob Dylan ("Solid Rock"), Tom Waits ("Goin' Out West"), Neil Young ("Don't Be Denied"), and Jerry Joseph ("Light Is Like Water"). The tone was set... In this article: Widespread Panic, Jimmy Herring, Oakland, Allman Brothers, John Bell, Goin' Out West Neil Young, and Dave Schools |
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San Jose Mercury News | October 23, 2009
The Bridge School Benefit returns
...who donate their time and talent to perform. For James, who grew up in Kentucky idolizing Young, closely observing and interacting with artists such as Young and Tom Waits was a dream come true. Even Smith - no stranger to star sightings -...
In this article: Neil Young, Jim James, Sheryl Crow, Chris Martin, Adam Sandler, No Doubt, Jimmy Buffett, and Shoreline Amphitheatre
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Reuters | February 26, 2009
Heart's Wilson sisters to be honored by music biz
...Bergman said in a statement. Past recipients include Elvis Costello, Billy Joel, Annie Lennox, Paul McCartney, Joni Mitchell, Smokey Robinson, Steely Dan, James Taylor, Tom Waits, Stevie Wonder and Neil Young. Rival performing rights group...
In this article: Nancy Wilson, Heart, Ann Wilson, Kenny Gamble, Crazy on You, Beverly Hills, Barracuda, Magic Man, and Paul McCartney
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Wikipedia | June 14, 2009
Payola (band)
.../ Led Zeppelin meets Solomon Burke with Primal Scream supporting. In addition, their musical influences include Tom Waits, The Staple Singers, Neil Young and Sly Stone. The group's first release was the album Gone To Ground in 2005. Lead...
In this article: Payola, Sly and The Family Stone, New Zealand, Opshop, The Staple Singers, and Funkadelic
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PopMatters | April 15, 2009
John Doe and the Sadies: Country Club (Review)
...and others. The result is impressive overall. For some, Doe's voice is as recognizable as greats like Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, or Hank Williams, or Nick Cave, Tom Waits or Neil Young. It's often described as "leathery. " Indeed,...
In this article: John Doe, Johnny Cash, Hank Snow, Merle Haggard, Waylon Jennings, Melancholia, Son Volt, Act Naturally, Time, and Toronto
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Wikipedia | August 26, 2009
Kit Rachlis
...in American studies from Yale in 1975. Rachlis entered journalism as a pop music critic, reviewing albums for Rolling Stone that included 1970s works by Bob Dylan, Blondie, The Cars, and Tom Waits. His critique of Neil Young was included in...
In this article: Los Angeles, J.R. Moehringer, The Village Voice, LA Weekly, Steve Erickson, Endangered species, National Magazine Awards, and Boston Phoenix
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Wikipedia | November 01, 2009
Eddie Vedder
...speeches he has cited them all as influences. Other influences that Vedder has cited include The Who, The Jackson 5, The Beatles, Talking Heads, Sonic Youth, Fugazi, Tom Waits, and the Pixies. Vedder's lyrical topics range from personal...
In this article: Eddie Vedder, Pearl Jam, Grammy Award, Vitalogy, Chicago Cubs, Ramones, Jack Irons, Chris Cornell, Vs., and 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time
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Reuters | January 16, 2009
Booker T. rocks with Truckers, Neil Young
...Anti-. Neil Young, who Booker T. and the MGs backed on 2002's "Are You Passionate?," handles lead guitar duties, and the 10-song set includes covers of "Hey Ya," Tom Waits' "Get Behind the Mule" and the Drive-By Truckers' "Space City." "It...
In this article: Neil Young, Drive-By Truckers, Booker T, Georgia, Billboard, Booker T. and the MGs, Eddie Floyd, and Otis Redding
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Wikipedia | July 19, 2009
The Boarding House (nightclub)
...first album, Let's Get Small was recorded there. The club was also host to a multitude of musical acts, such as Patti Smith, Neil Young, Bob Marley, The Tubes, Talking Heads and Tom Waits. Previous to the 1906 earthquake, the address was...
In this article: The Boarding House, 1906 Earthquake, Bob Marley, Talking Heads, Patti Smith, The Tubes, Steve Martin, and Neil Young
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Independent.co.uk - Music | June 25, 2009
Fiona Sturges: Does gender explain my immunity to Bruce Springsteen's songs of cars, bars and women called Mary?
...the everyman in search of the American Dream. His place in the pop canon is irrefutable, his name mentioned in the same breath as Tom Waits, Neil Young, Johnny Cash and Bob Dylan. He's a born showman, a consummate storyteller, a...
In this article: Bruce Springsteen, John Wayne, Tony Blair, Racing in the Street, Rosalita, and Dancing in the Dark
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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 musical plays and as a supporting actor in films, including The Fisher King, Coffee & Cigarettes, Bram Stoker's Dracula, and Short Cuts. He was nominated for an Academy Award for his soundtrack work on One from the Heart.
Lyrically, Waits's songs frequently present atmospheric portrayals 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 to the general public in the form of cover versions by more visible artists—for example, "Jersey Girl," performed by Bruce Springsteen; "Downtown Train" performed by Rod Stewart; and "Ol' '55," performed by the Eagles. Although Waits's 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.
Waits currently lives in Sonoma County, California with his wife and their three children.
- Name At Birth:
- Thomas Alan Waits
- Birth Date:
- December 07, 1949
- Occupation:
- Singer-songwriter, Musician, Actor, Composer
- Instrument Played:
- Piano, guitar, vocals
- Guitar, keyboards, drums, bass, percussions, Vocals
- Record Label:
- Asylum, ANTI-, Island
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