Tom Waits

Tom Waits

Tom WaitsThomas Alan Waits (born 7 December 1949) is an American singer-songwriter, composer, and actor. Waits has a distinctive voice, described by critic Daniel Durchholz as sounding "like it was soaked in a vat of bourbon, left hanging in the smokehouse for a few months, and then taken outside and run over with a car." With this trademark growl, his incorporation of pre-rock styles such as blues, jazz, and vaudeville, and experimental tendencies verging on industrial music, Waits has built up a distinctive musical persona. He has worked as a composer for movies and musical plays and as a supporting actor in films, including The Fisher King, Coffee & Cigarettes, Bram Stoker's Dracula, and Short Cuts. He was nominated for an Academy Award for his soundtrack work on One from the Heart.

Lyrically, Waits' songs contain atmospheric portrayals of bizarre, seedy characters and places, although he has also shown a penchant for more conventional ballads. He has a cult following and has influenced subsequent songwriters despite having little radio or music video support. His songs are best-known to the general public in the form of cover versions by more visible artists—for example, "Jersey Girl," performed by Bruce Springsteen; "Downtown Train" and "Tom Traubert's Blues" performed by Rod Stewart; and "Ol' '55," performed by the Eagles. Although Waits' albums have met with mixed commercial success in his native United States, they have occasionally achieved gold album sales status in other countries. He has been nominated for a number of major music awards and has won Grammy Awards for two albums, Bone Machine and Mule Variations.

Waits currently lives in Sonoma County, California with his wife and their three children.

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From "The Girl In the Other Room" Temptation cchucho39 (429)
3651d ago
8 Piano, Vocal Original
Grapefruit moon feuerkogel1 (5)
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2 Piano Transcription
Blood money SStuder (12)
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52 Piano, Guitar Book
Anthology SStuder (12)
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133 Piano, Guitar Book
Alice SStuder (12)
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51 Piano, Guitar Book
Jersey Girl artcab (12)
4791d ago
4 Piano, Vocal Original
Innocent When You Dream TylerLandis (1)
4859d ago
2 Piano Other
San Diego Serenade jonesin44 (8)
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3 Piano, Guitar, Vocal Original
Grapefruit moon feuerkogel1 (5)
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4 Piano, Vocal Transcription
Blue Valentines jonesin44 (8)
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3 Piano Book
Alice marvhorse (19)
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Postcard from a hooker in miniapolis shmengy (13)
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7 Piano Other
Closing Time pieeru88 (6)
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8 Piano, Drum, Guitar, Trumpet, Saxophone, Bass Original
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A Sight For Sore Eyes jonesin44 (8)
4911d ago
5 Piano, Guitar, Vocal Original
Soldier's Things jonesin44 (8)
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2 Piano Transcription
I Can't Wait To Get Off Work jonesin44 (8)
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Anywhere I Lay My Head jonesin44 (8)
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3 Piano Transcription
Gin Soaked Boy jonesin44 (8)
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3 Piano Transcription
Alice annmari99 (6)
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51 Piano Book