Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site moscom.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!mit-eddie!godot!harvard!seismo!rochester!ritcv!moscom!ers From: ers@moscom.UUCP (Randy Stuckless) Newsgroups: net.music Subject: Tom Waits Message-ID: <239@moscom.UUCP> Date: Fri, 12-Oct-84 12:44:35 EDT Article-I.D.: moscom.239 Posted: Fri Oct 12 12:44:35 1984 Date-Received: Sun, 14-Oct-84 08:22:00 EDT Distribution: net Organization: MOSCOM Corp, East Rochester, NY Lines: 22 [] 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 -- E. Randall Stuckless rochester!ritcv!moscom!ers