The words and music of Tom Waits [ - Kessel, Corinne (Westport, Conn : Praeger Publisher, 2009)
1. Life and works, in brief -- 2. Music, instrumentation, and voice. Night on earth: a nomadic soundtrack ; Dirty water on a swordfishtrombone ; A voice from the gutter ; The black box -- 3. Tom's Wanderers: character and narrative in the music of Tom Waits ; Nighthawks and tire tramps ; Rain dogs ; The pianist has been drinking ; Black market babies ; The only kind of love ; Soldier's things and sailor's dreams ; Train songs ; The wild years ; Human oddities ; A little drop of poison: outlaws and bandits ; Crossroads ; Sururalism -- 4. Beautiful maladies: Tom Waits' realism ; Closing time.
Description based on print version record
Includes bibliographical references (p [157]-168), discography (p [133]-1360), filmography (p [137]-143), and index
Keywords: Waits, To , -- 1949 -- Criticism and interpretation; Motion picture music -- United States -- History and criticism; Popular music -- United States -- History and criticism