Tom Waits
Gravel-voiced songwriter who moved from late-night barroom piano ballads to clattering junkyard percussion and carnival-noir storytelling from 'Swordfishtrombones' onward.
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About Tom Waits
Tom Waits was born in Pomona, California, in 1949 and started out on Asylum Records with 'Closing Time' in 1973, a record of smoky piano songs that included 'Ol' '55', later covered by the Eagles. Through the 1970s he played a down-at-heel lounge character, his voice roughening with each album.
With his wife and co-writer Kathleen Brennan he remade his sound on Island Records with 'Swordfishtrombones', 'Rain Dogs' and 'Franks Wild Years', using marimbas, pump organ, brake drums and bent horns. 'Bone Machine' and 'Mule Variations' both won Grammys, and he has written for the stage with director Robert Wilson and acted in films including Jim Jarmusch's 'Down by Law'.
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Tom Waits plays alternative, blues rock and experimental.
What was Tom Waits's first album?
Tom Waits's first album was Closing Time (1973). The latest is Under the Covers – The Songs He Didn’t Write (2017).