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Waits has influenced many artists and gained an international cult following. His songs have been covered by Bruce Springsteen, Tori Amos, Rod Stewart and the Ramones and he has written songs for Johnny Cash and Norah Jones, among others. In 2011, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
Apr 23, 2024 · Tom Waits discusses the artistic impact of Mose Allison and how his music influenced many major players, like The Beatles, Bob Dylan, and more.
Tom Waits (1975): "My musical education began at a small folk club - the Heritage, I'm sure some people here are familiar with the Heritage which is now just nothing but a memory, a small club in San Diego which had a lot of traditional music, a lot of country artists, bluegrass, that sort of thing. I soaked it in like a sponge.
Oct 25, 2024 · Drawing on jazz, blues, pop, and avant-garde rock music, he combined offbeat orchestrations with his own piano and guitar playing and stream-of-consciousness lyrics that reflected the influence of writers Jack Kerouac and Charles Bukowski.
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- “Is There Any Way Out of This Dream?” Crystal Gayle (1982) Written by Tom Waits. Tom Waits composed the soundtrack for Francis Ford Coppola’s 1982 romantic drama One From The Heart, starring Teri Garr and the late Harry Dean Stanton, which included five songs performed by Crystal Gayle and Waits: “Old Boyfriends,” “Take Me Home,” “This One’s From the Heart,” “Picking Up After You,” and “Is There Any Way Out of This Dream?”
- “Rainbow Sleeves,” Rickie Lee Jones (1983) Written by Tom Waits. Rickie Lee Jones’ 1983 EP and third release, Girl at Her Volcano, featured several live performances, a cover of The Drifters’ 1964 classic “Under the Boardwalk,” some leftover studio tracks, and a song written by her former boyfriend, Waits, called “Rainbow Sleeves.”
- “Strange Weather,” Marianne Faithfull (1987) Written by Tom Waits and Kathleen Brennan. When Marianne Faithfull began working on her album Strange Weather, it was the first time she was recording new music after kicking a 17-year addiction to heroin.
- “Down There by the Train,” Johnny Cash (1994) Written by Tom Waits and Kathleen Brennan. Under the guidance of producer Rick Rubin, Johnny Cash’s 81st album, American Recordings, featured a collection of songs written by an eclectic blend of artists—everyone from Glen Danzig to Cash’s former stepson-in-law Nick Lowe, along with a cover of Leonard Cohen’s 1969 song “Bird on a Wire” and Kris Kristofferson’s 1972 gospel-country song “Why Me.”
Jun 12, 2015 · Elizabeth Gilbert on Inspiration, What Tom Waits Taught Her About Creativity, and the Most Dangerous Myth for Artists to Believe – The Marginalian. By Maria Popova. Few writers enchant the modern imagination with such soulful, pleasurable prose and sheer generosity of spirit as Elizabeth Gilbert.
Nov 13, 2017 · As previously mentioned, Waits had wormed his way into the affections of the legendary director Francis Ford Coppola, appearing in a number of his films such as Rumblefish, The Outsiders, more recently providing narration for Twixt, and most famously playing Renfield in 1992’s Dracula.
