Tom Waits

Tom Waits

Tom Waits 101: A Guide to His Music

by Joe Robinson December 7, 2011
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Recent Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee Tom Waits turns 62 today (Dec. 7). While we have no idea how Tom will spend the big day -- the notoriously publicity-shy singer is the last person in the world we'd expect to share his plans -- we thought it would be a good time to go over some of the highlights of his career. We'll examine what makes him so beloved by his devoted fans, and which records to seek out (and avoid) if you want to increase your level of Waits knowledge, regardless of where you stand right now. So without further pomp and circumstance, here's our introductory guide to the music of Tom Waits:

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Tom Waits on Keith Richards: ‘There’s Nobody In the World Like Him’

by Joe Robinson November 13, 2011
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Tom Waits reveres Keith Richards -- "there's nobody in the world like him," the eccentric singer-songwriter says of the Rolling Stones guitarist -- so when Waits began to pen songs for his new album, 'Bad as Me,' he recruited Richards to co-write some tunes. None turned up on the final product, though -- perhaps because neither could actually remember the music that they had improvised together.

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