Tom Waits - Musicians
"Thomas Alan Waits" (born December 7, 1949) is an American singer-songwriter, composer, and actor. Waits has a distinctive voice, described by one critic 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 styles such as blues, jazz, and Vaudeville, and experimental tendencies verging on industrial music, Waits has built up a distinctive musical persona. Waits has also worked as a composer for movies and musical plays and as a supporting actor ....more
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Tom Waits' quixotic 'Glitter and Doom Live' on CD and Vinyl
Oct 13, 2009, 4:15 GMT
Tom Waits' very busy, Golden year
Mar 12, 2009, 1:40 GMT
Actor, singer/songwriter Tom Waits has a full plate of projects he is currently working on. ... more
Tom Waits Return to the Big Screen in Domino
Dec 17, 2004, 1:14 GMT
Tom Waits has made an unexpected return to film with a small role (as a wandering soothsayer) in the Tony Scott directed Domino. ... more
