Tom Waits
Thomas 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 artistsâfor 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.
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 artistsâfor 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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Total 82 sheet(s) found, listing between 40 - 60.
Song | Added By | Pages | Instruments | Sheet Type | File |
On the Nickel (over there) |
Paxalot (2)
5012d ago
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7 | Piano, Vocal | Transcription | |
Songbook |
Regnessem (1)
5013d ago
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111 | Piano, Guitar, Vocal | Book | |
Blue Valentines |
fakka (39)
5016d ago
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0 | Guitar | Tab | |
Alice (book) |
Ellinna (747)
5016d ago
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51 | Piano, Vocal | Book | |
Alice |
tina_reischer (6)
5028d ago
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0 | Guitar | Tab | |
Alice |
bog77 (16)
5033d ago
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56 | Piano, Guitar, Vocal | Book | |
Big Black Mariah |
salva (29)
5033d ago
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4 | Piano, Guitar, Vocal | Original | |
Hang Down Your Head |
salva (29)
5033d ago
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4 | Piano, Guitar, Vocal | Original | |
Take it with me |
cirquedukat (1)
5035d ago
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5 | Piano | Book | |
Blood money |
indiejeannie (7)
5048d ago
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52 | Piano, Guitar, Vocal | Other | |
Anthology |
indiejeannie (7)
5048d ago
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133 | Piano, Guitar | Book | |
Ol' 55 |
Peegilleen (4)
5055d ago
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5 | Piano | Other | |
tom waits alice sheet book |
simensax (3)
5058d ago
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56 | Piano | Original | |
oldies |
dlange1988 (3)
5068d ago
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45 | Piano | Original | |
oldies collection |
dlange1988 (3)
5068d ago
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64 | Piano | Original | |
Anthology |
dlange1988 (3)
5068d ago
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50 | Piano | Original | |
Alice |
allisona (3)
5071d ago
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4 | Piano | Transcription | |
Blue Valentines |
oeteg (2)
5076d ago
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0 | Piano, Guitar | Tab | |
tom traubert's blues |
maxosch (1)
5076d ago
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7 | Piano | Original | |
Jersey Girl |
daniellafish (45)
5092d ago
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4 | Piano, Guitar, Vocal | Book |