Tom Waits on Tom Waits: Interviews and EncountersChicago Review Press, 1 серп. 2011 р. - 480 стор. Tom Waits, even with his barnyard growl and urban hipster yawp, may just be what the Daily Telegraph calls him: &“the greatest entertainer on Planet Earth.&” Over a span of almost four decades, he has transformed his music and persona not to suit the times but his whims. But along with Bob Dylan, he stands as one of the last elder statesmen still capable of putting out music that matters. Journalists intent upon cracking the code are more likely to come out of a Waits interview with anecdotes about the weather, insects, or medieval medicine. He is, in essence, the teacher we wished we had, dispensing insights such as: &“Vocabulary is my main instrument;&” &“We all like music, but what we really want is for music to like us;&” &“Anything you absorb you will ultimately secrete;&” &“Growth is scary, because you're a seed and you're in the dark and you don't know which way is up, and down might take you down further into a darker place . . .;&” and &“There is no such thing as nonfiction. . . . People who really know what happened aren't talking. And the people who don't have a clue, you can't shut them up.&” Tom Waits on Tom Waits is a selection of over fifty interviews from the more than five hundred available. Here Waits delivers prose as crafted, poetic, potent, and haunting as the lyrics of his best songs. |
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... called The Systems, though that didn't last very long. Later, in Southern California, Waits participated in Hoot Nights at places like the YMCA, the Bonita Inn, the Back Door, and the Manhattan Club (“hooting” is folk/country parlance ...
... called 'Grapefruit Moon' when I heard him,” Geffen recalled recently. “I thought it was a terrific song, so I listened to the set.” He watched, he listened, and the wheels started turning. Here was an artist who could make some ...
... called me, and asked me not to use it. At that time we joked about that dollar, that with interest, he now owes me a small fortune. All I can remember about Tom and Howard was that they got along well. He must have enjoyed doing the ...
... called Roxy that I'll probably play at on the Strip—but for now I've been staying home, getting a lot of sleep, trying to write tunes. [Plays “Ol' 55” on piano] That tried to be a single but didn't. It was on my record, Closing Time ...
... called The Systems. HL: Was that trumpet? TW: I played rhythm guitar and sang. I listened to a lot of black artists, quite a few black artists. I had a real interest in that. James Brown and the Flames were real big. I went to O'Farrell ...
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January 23 1979Tom Waits for No One | 107 |
Heartattack and Vine 1980 | 113 |
Swordfishtrombones 1983 | 129 |
Rain Dogs 1985 | 151 |
Late 1985Rain Dogs Tourbook | 164 |
Franks Wild Years 1987 | 181 |