The words and music of Tom Waits
By: Corinne Kessel.
Series: The Praeger singer-songwriter collection
Publisher: Praeger Publishers
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Westport, Conn
Language: eng
Number of pages: 176
ISBN-13: 9780313349065
Subjects: Waits, Tom, -- 1949- -- Criticism and interpretation; Popular music -- United States -- History and criticism; Motion picture music -- United States -- History and criticism
Notes: Includes bibliographical references, discography, filmography and index.
Table of contents: title: Life and works, in brief; title: Music, instrumentation, and voice. Night on earth : a nomadic soundtrack ; Dirty water on a swordfishtrombone ; A voice from the gutter ; The black box; title: 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; title: Beautiful maladies : Tom Waits' realism ; Closing time.