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From: ers@moscom.UUCP (Randy Stuckless)
Newsgroups: net.music
Subject: Tom Waits
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Date: Fri, 12-Oct-84 12:44:35 EDT
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   What is happening with Tom Waits? Does he have any plans for a tour?
What is his latest album and when did it come out? I had a chance to see him 
about two years ago and he was great. He is simply fascinating, one of the 
sharpest performers I have ever seen.
   For those of you not in the know, Tom Waits is a first rate balladeer (sp?).
His songs have been recorded by the likes of the Eagles (Old '55) and the
Manhatten Transfer ( Foreign Affairs ).  His songs have genuine emotion that
is so rare these days. His vivid lyrics combined with beautiful melodies and
a nice piano style makes for very lush music. His voice, after too much scotch
and too many Lucky Strikes, has all the smoothness of an excited bullfrog
but it's coarseness really brings home the fact that this guy is what he 
sings. His big theme is that human dignity is not related to your table
manors, but to the way the you treat the people around you. I would 
recommend any of his albums that I have heard so far. "The Heart of
Saturday Night" would probably be the best introduction album since it has
some of his most accessible songs.

"My Piano Has Been Drinking, Not Me"	-	Tom Waits
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					E. Randall Stuckless
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