The words and music of Tom Waits

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kessel, Corinne.
Format: Electronic
Language:English
Published: Westport, Conn. : Praeger Publishers, c2009.
Series:Praeger singer-songwriter collection.
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Table of Contents:
  • Life and works, in brief
  • Music, instrumentation, and voice. Night on earth: a nomadic soundtrack ; Dirty water on a swordfishtrombone ; A voice from the gutter ; The black box
  • Tom's Wanderers: character and narrative in the music of Tom Waits ; Nighthawks and tire tramps ; Rain dogs ; The pianist has been drinking ; Black market babies ; The only kind of love ; Soldier's things and sailor's dreams ; Train songs ; The wild years ; Human oddities ; A little drop of poison: outlaws and bandits ; Crossroads ; Sururalism
  • Beautiful maladies: Tom Waits' realism ; Closing time.