Tom Waits
Musician
Hotel Chelsea...history has been colored by the musicians who have resided or visited there. Some of the most prominent names include The Grateful Dead, Tom Waits, Patti Smith, Virgil Thomson, Dee Dee Ramone of The Ramones, Henri Chopin, John Cale, Edith... In this article: Hotel Chelsea, Andy Warhol, Leonard Cohen, Valerie Solanas, New York City, Dylan Thomas, Sid Vicious, Pete Doherty, and Janis Joplin |
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all about jazz | October 21, 2009
CD/DOWNLOAD/ALBUM: Rob Morsberger's 'A Periodic Rush of Waves' Evokes Bob Dylan, Warren Zevon
...2010 Songwriter/composer Rob Morsberger imbues his esoteric writing with a depth of intellect and dark melody that evoke comparisons to Tom Waits, Rufus Wainwright and Bob Dylan, mixed with a touch of Randy Newman's absurdist wit.
In this article: Bob Dylan, Charles Darwin, Jules Shear, Marshall Crenshaw, Warren Zevon, New York City, Levon Helm, PBS, and University of Edinburgh
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Observer.com - All Articles | July 24, 2009
Where Everybody Knows Your Name, Y'All
...with the Clash's Joe Strummer. Smokey's something of a legend: a musician's musician who's played with everyone from Johnny Cash to Beck, Tom Waits to Neil Diamond, Joe Dee to Rufus Wainwright. He's worked with Cibo Matto and...
In this article: Bob Wills, Dog, Western swing, San Antonio Rose, Milton Brown, and Gretsch
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National Public Radio | July 29, 2009
Marianne Faithfull: Kaleidoscopic Covers
...just about every existing musical genre. She's collaborated with a diverse array of artists, too, including Beck, Joe Jackson, Nick Cave, Rufus Wainwright, Keith Richards and Tom Waits. From folk, jazz and pop-rock to an early form of...
In this article: Marianne Faithfull, Easy Come, Easy Go, Covers, Keith Richards, Joe Jackson, Allen Ginsberg, Rufus Wainwright, Nick Cave, and Dolly Parton
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Wikipedia | October 27, 2009
Linda Thompson (singer)
The CD was warmly received in the press, particularly for Linda's sensitive live recording of the Tom Waits/Kathleen Brennan anti-war song "Day After Tomorrow," as well as for a new song written for Linda, "Beauty," by Rufus Wainwright.
In this article: Richard Thompson, Linda Thompson, Teddy Thompson, Sandy Denny, Simon Nicol, Kamila Thompson, Rufus Wainwright, and Dysphonia
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Pitchfork | July 16, 2008
The Beautiful Lie Pitchfork
...that his 2001 debut, Here Be Monsters, came strapped with a Mercury Prize nomination and extremely generous Rufus Wainwright, Tom Waits, and Elliott Smith comparisons, odds are you saw this review and wondered when the host of "Morning...
In this article: Ed Harcourt, The Beautiful Lie, Dog, Mercury Prize, Feed the Animals, Sugar, Guillemots, Jens Lekman, and Tom McRae
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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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