The words and music of Tom Waits [
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Westport, Conn :
Praeger Publisher ,
c2009
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| Series: | Praeger singer-songwriter collectio
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| Online Access: | NetLibrary |
Table of Contents:
- 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.