Tom Waits
Musician
Robert Wilson (director)...are terribly important and cannot be overlooked. Tom Waits, acclaimed songwriter and collaborator with Wilson on many works, said this about Wilson's unique relationship with words: "Words for Bob are like tacks on the kitchen floor in... In this article: Robert Wilson, The Civil WarS, The Life and Times, Einstein on the Beach, Heiner Muller, Joseph Stalin, Philip Glass, and Tom Waits |
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San Francisco Chronicle | March 22, 2009
ACT commissions
...world premiere of David Mamet adaptation, 2005 The Black Rider: The Casting of the Magic Bullets by Robert Wilson, Tom Waits and William S. Burroughs, English-language premiere, 2004 A Mother by Constance Congdon, adapted from Maxim...
In this article: High Society, The Voysey Inheritance, Jeanine Tesori, and Morris Panych
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www.washingtonpost.com | January 25, 2007
Filmmaker Puts Spotlight On a Backstage Visionary
Indeed, although Otto-Bernstein's film details the production of Wilson's towering theater works, and his collaborations with such musical mavericks as Philip Glass and Tom Waits, it also devotes a chunk of time to the artist's upbringing.
In this article: Robert Wilson, New York, Paris, David Byrne, Berlin International Film Festival, and Philip Glass
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San Francisco Chronicle | May 31, 2009
'Lowside of the Road,' by Barney Hoskyns
...film "Down by Law" and Francis Ford Coppola's "Rumble Fish" and "The Cotton Club," to name a few, and later writing music for Robert Wilson plays. Waits' albums sold respectably, and he won a couple of Grammys. More impressively, he...
In this article: Barney Hoskyns, Bones Howe, Frank Sinatra, Jim Jarmusch, Psychosis, Woyzeck, Dementia, Grammys, and Los Angeles Times
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Wooster Collective | November 16, 2008
ElbowToe's Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
...to what lies ahead. Many different artists have inspired the flavor of this world including the photography of Walker Evans, the films of the Cohen brothers, the music of Tom Waits and the theatre of Robert Wilson. For more info on the...
In this article: Wooster Collective, Cohen brothers, Robert Wilson, and New York City
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Wikipedia | October 13, 2009
November Theatre
...English premiere of the expressionist operetta The Black Rider, which was created through the collaboration of singer-songwriter Tom Waits, William S. Burroughs, and avant-garde stage director Robert Wilson . They also produced the American...
In this article: November Theatre, Edmonton, Vancouver, The Black Rider, CBC Radio, Tarragon Theatre, Arts Club Theatre Company, and William S. Burroughs
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Wikipedia | September 02, 2009
Blood Money (Tom Waits album)
...same name by Georg Buchner. The theatrical adaptation was directed by Robert Wilson , with whom Waits had worked on two previous plays: The Black Rider and Alice '', both of which resulted in soundtrack albums. The latter was released...
In this article: Blood Money, Woyzeck, Georg Buchner, Epitaph Records, Robert Wilson, Alice, The Black Rider, and Copenhagen
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Wikipedia | October 19, 2009
The Black Rider
...William S. Burroughs. Wilson was largely responsible for the design and direction. Burroughs wrote the book, while Waits wrote the music and lyrics. The project began in about 1988 when Wilson approached Waits. The story is based on a...
In this article: Wilhelm, The Black Rider, William S. Burroughs, Robert Wilson, November Theatre, Marianne Faithfull, Nigel Richards, and The Black Rider
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Wikipedia | October 08, 2009
The Black Rider (album)
The Black Rider (album) The Black Rider is an album by Tom Waits, released in 1993 on Island Records. The album contains studio versions of songs Waits wrote for the play The Black Rider, directed by Robert Wilson and co-written by William...
In this article: The Black Rider, Der Freischutz, Carl Maria von Weber, William S. Burroughs, Island Records, Robert Wilson, Hamburg, Germany, and Thalia Theater
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Wikipedia | October 24, 2009
Der Freischutz
...duke himself will place the hand of Agathe in that of Max. The Black Rider, a stage musical by Robert Wilson , Tom Waits, and William S. Burroughs, is based on Der Freischutz. Magic Hunter (http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0109356/), a...
In this article: Der Freischutz, Carl Maria von Weber, and Hellsing
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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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