Born: Pomona, CA, 1949
Years Active: 1978-2009
Influenced by: Bob Dylan, Captain Beefheart, Louis Armstrong, Jack Kerouac, Victor Feldman, Wolfman Jack, Hoagy Carmichael, Harry Partch
Genre: Rock & Alternative
Biography: In the 1970s, Tom Waits combined a lyrical focus on desperate, lowlife characters with a persona that seemed to embody the ...
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Oct 10 2009 6:00AM
by Steve Baltin
Filed under: Concerts and Tours, News
Spinner: There were lots of rumors flying around about Friday night's Bruce Springsteen show at Giants Stadium, the final concert at the venue. The previous night, Eric Clapton and Jon Bon Jovi were bandied about as possible guests, and there was talk of an ... Read moreFeb 27 2009 12:00PM
by James Sullivan
Filed under: Twisted Tales
Spinner: When Tom Waits shambled into court in the spring of 1990, the jury was clueless. "The first time I saw him, I thought this was a criminal case and he was a criminal," recalled one juror. But the disheveled-looking witness was actually the plaintiff, ... Read moreJun 18 2008 8:00AM
by Steve Baltin
Filed under: Concerts and Tours, News
Spinner: When Tom Waits opened his latest tour Tuesday night in Phoenix, he didn't give a reciprocal shout out to Scarlett Johansson, whose new album of Waits covers has brought the troubadour back into mainstream consciousness. But he did give a nod of sorts ... Read more
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06/18/08
Tom Waits Becomes a 'Believer' in Phoenix When Tom Waits opened his latest tour Tuesday ...
Spinner
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10/13/09
Preview Tom Waits' Glitter And Doom For the price of an email address at tomwaits.com yo...
Stereogum
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09/02/09
Who Are You: Tom Waits and ‘Lowside of the Road’ by Barney Hoskyns (Feature) I. Letter ...
PopMatters
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08/11/09
See Tom Waits In The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus Trailer Heath Ledger's final film is a...
Stereogum
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07/08/09
Beck & Tom Waits Chat It Up Late Night Concert $3.99 Louis C.K. $30.59 Ozomatli $23.05 R...
Pollstar
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07/08/09
Beck & Tom Waits Talk Irrelevant Topics In addition to covers and DJ projects, Beck's up...
Stereogum
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07/04/09
Tom Waits - Real Gone Tom Waits is a master of American music.
TheCelebrityCafe.com
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07/01/09
Reviews:N.A.S.A. Don't worry—the government hasn't resorted to nostalgia albums reclaimi...
Filter Magazine
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06/19/09
Tom Waits - Rain Dogs Tom Waits is nothing if not an American performer.
TheCelebrityCafe.com
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05/12/09
Tom Waits forbids bio interview Rolling Stones star Keith Richards was forbidden to spea...
JAM! Showbiz
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01/28/09
Unique Americana: Tom Waits and The Band (Sound Affects) Even for a die hard Midwesterne...
PopMatters
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12/01/08
Give me AC/DC, Tom Waits. They didn't sell out AC/DC, which plays two shows in Oakland t...
San Francisco Chronicle - San Francisco CA
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11/28/08
Southside Johnny does tribute CD to Tom Waits While other guys have watched their retire...
Philadelphia Daily News - Philadelphia PA
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11/07/08
Bay Area photographer Jay Blakesberg's new book chronicles great bands, shows Jay Blakes...
Contra Costa Times - Walnut Creek CA
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11/05/08
Video: M.I.A. and Blaqstarr: "Way Down in the Hole" (Tom Waits cover and theme from "The Wire")
Pitchfork Media
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11/04/08
Glitter And Doom: Tom Waits In Concert NPR.org , July 29, 2008 - A trip through the worl...
NPR
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11/03/08
Premiere: NASA [ft. Tom Waits and Kool Keith]: "Spacious Thoughts" [Stream] Kool Keith a...
Pitchfork Media
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10/12/08
HORNS OF PLENTY Southside Johnny Lyon needs to get home and do laundry before hitting th...
Asbury Park Press - Neptune NJ
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09/12/08
JERSEY BOY Southside Johnny Lyon has long been a fan of Tom Waits.
Asbury Park Press - Neptune NJ
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09/12/08
Feature: Random Rules: A.A. Bondy The shuffler: Auguste Arthur Bondy, former frontman fo...
The A.V. Club
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09/02/08
Tom Waits Leads Fight Against Ticket Scalpers Paperless ticketing is emerging as a poten...
Billboard
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08/14/08
Tom Waits: The bard of Americana As the lights went down in the theater the low murmur b...
CNN International
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07/29/08
In Concert: An Epic Tom Waits A trip through the world of Tom Waits can be disorienting.
NPR
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07/28/08
Tom Waits In Concert A trip through the world of Tom Waits can be disorienting.
NPR
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07/02/08
CONCERT REVIEW: Crowd loved surreal theater that is Tom Waits He has no "hits," but fans...
The Florida Times-Union - Jacksonville FL
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07/02/08
Tom Waits plays the Times-Union Center Fans gathered from near and far to experience mus...
The Florida Times-Union - Jacksonville FL
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07/01/08
Tom Waits at the Times Union Center Dates and performances may change without notice.
The Florida Times-Union - Jacksonville FL
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06/29/08
Johnnie Lee Jordan channels Bob Dylan, Tom Waits "I try not to subscribe to a certain so...
Newsday - New York NY
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06/28/08
MUSIC REVIEW: Tom Waits returns to the road with searing two-hour set PHOENIX Tom Waits ...
The Kansas City Star - Kansas City MO
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06/27/08
Tom Waits Gets His Own Bus Tour, Key to El Paso "Crawling Down Cahuenga", which takes pl...
Pitchfork Media
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06/27/08
Tom Waits heads south for the summer Mostly I straddle reality and the imagination.
The Florida Times-Union - Jacksonville FL
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11/05/09
Stars in Rewind: Tom Waits, Crystal Gayle, and Francis Ford Coppola Know what this trio ...
Cinematical.com
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11/05/09
News Ticker: Dave Matthews Band, Rihanna, Tom Waits, Janet Jackson The Dave Matthews Ban...
Rock and Roll Daily
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10/23/09
The Friday Morning Listen: Tom Waits - Orphans Yesterday, I had a conversation with a bu...
Blogcritics.org Music
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10/13/09
Download Tom Waits Live Album Preview Now! The first eight tracks from Tom Waits forthco...
Mojo
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10/13/09
News Ticker: Kanye West, Julian Lennon, Carrie Underwood, Tom Waits In the wake of his p...
Rock and Roll Daily
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10/09/09
Shorties (Barack Obama, Tom Waits, and more) In the Times Online , Antonia Senior lists ...
largehearted boy
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09/02/09
Shorties (Tom Waits, Douglas Coupland, and more) It is an act of desperation, not creati...
largehearted boy
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08/21/09
Norah Jones Enlists Ryan Adams, Tom Waits’ Band For New Album The LP will be Jones' firs...
Rock and Roll Daily
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08/11/09
“Dr. Parnassus” Trailer Starring Heath Ledger, Tom Waits Debuts The trailer for director...
Rock and Roll Daily
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07/10/09
The three moments you need to know about in the Beck-Tom Waits conversation [UPDATE] Wha...
Buzz Bands
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07/09/09
The three moments you need to know about in the Beck-Tom Waits conversation What do you ...
Buzz Bands
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07/08/09
Tom Waits Being Cool [Rain Dogs] "All I remember was my sax player making a fire out of ...
Gawker
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07/08/09
Beck Launches “Irrelevant Topics” Interview Series With Tom Waits Beck 's ever-changing ...
Rock and Roll Daily
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06/17/09
Tom Waits "Play it like a midget's bar mitzvah," Tom Waits told guitarist Marc Ribot whe...
Mojo
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06/03/09
Book Notes - Joshua Mohr ("Some Things That Meant the World to Me") In the Book Notes se...
largehearted boy
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05/26/09
From Tom Waits to Pete Yorn: Scarlett Johansson readies new album It's only one of three...
Buzz Bands
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05/15/09
Tom Waits chronicler: ‘Radiohead is the last band that’s going to mean something’ What's...
Buzz Bands
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03/28/09
Music DVD Review: Tom Waits - Romeo Bleeding: Live from Austin If the hallmark of a grea...
Blogcritics.org Music
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02/13/09
Tom Waits Opening with his blood-warm, wailing take on Leonard Bernstein's Somewhere, Bl...
Mojo
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11/20/08
What’s New @ Red Onion There are tons of awesome new/old vinyl at Red Onion .
Washington City Paper - Black Plastic Bag
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10/31/08
Book Notes - Ryan Mecum ("Zombie Haiku") In the Book Notes series, authors create and di...
largehearted boy
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10/16/08
Book Notes - Andrew Porter ("The Theory of Light and Matter") In the Book Notes series, ...
largehearted boy
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10/12/08
[DOWNLOAD] Tom Waits’ “Glitter and Doom” in Atlanta 7.5.08 Here's the concert that NPR s...
You Ain't No Picasso
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09/02/08
Music Review: Southside Johnny with LaBamba's Big Band - Grapefruit Moon: The Songs of Tom Waits
Blogcritics.org Music
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08/29/08
The Friday Morning Listen: Southside Johnny with LaBamba's Big Band - Grapefruit Moon: The Songs of Tom Waits
Blogcritics.org Music
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07/29/08
Tom Waits casts his spell in Mobile If a town's hipness is directly proportional to the ...
Keith Spera - NOLA.com
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07/28/08
Tom Waits Concert to Air on NPR Culty singer-songwriter Tom Waits, he of Dylan-meets-Wei...
The Culture Czar
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07/25/08
Comic-Con Day 2: “Warriors,” “Wolverine” And… Tom Waits? We snuck on board Zack Snyder's...
MTV Movies Blog
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07/25/08
Tom Waits Waits 's first album for nearly seven years was recorded for Epitaph – incongr...
Mojo
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07/01/08
Magical Combination: Tom Waits and Tricky Two legends from somewhat different areas of t...
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