Way Down in the Hole
"Way Down in the Hole" is a song written by the singer-songwriter Tom Waits.
It was included on his 1987 album "Franks Wild Years", which was later made into a stage production.
The song was used as the theme for HBO's "The Wire".
A different recording was used each season.
Versions, in series order, were recorded by The Blind Boys of Alabama, Tom Waits, The Neville Brothers, DoMaJe, and Steve Earle.
Season four's version, performed by the Baltimore teenagers Ivan Ashford, Markel Steele, Cameron Brown, Tariq Al-Sabir and Avery Bargasse, was arranged and recorded specifically for the show.
An extended version of the Blind Boys of Alabama recording was played over a montage in the series finale.
In 2004 a music historian, Kim Beissel, said that the 1994 song "Red Right Hand" by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds was loosely based on this song by Waits.
Billy Milano
Billy Milano is a Bronx- born heavy metal musician now based in Austin, Texas.
He is the singer and- occasionally- guitarist and bassist of crossover thrash band M.O.D., and he was also the singer of its predecessor, Stormtroopers of Death.
He was also the singer of United Forces, which also featured his Stormtroopers of Death bandmate Dan Lilker.
Kove (musician)
James Rockhill( born 20 May 1990), better known by his stage name Kove, is a British electronic music producer and DJ.
His song" Way We Are", featuring Melissa Steel, entered the UK Singles Chart at number 30.
Astrid North
Astrid North( Astrid Karina North Radmann; 24 August 1973, Berlin – 25 June 2019, Berlin) was a German soul singer and songwriter.
She was the singer of the German band, with whom she released five Albums.
As guest singer of the band she published three albums.
Martin Hole
Martin Hole( born 28 July 1959) is a Norwegian cross- country skier.
He was born in Geilo, and represented the club Geilo IL.
He competed at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary.
He also won two Norwegian championships; 15 km in 1985 and 30 km in 1986.
Sigurd Hole
Sigurd Hole( born 13 July 1981 in Elverum, Norway) is a Norwegian jazz musician( upright bass) from Rendalen living in Oslo.
Bernie Bonvoisin
Bernard Bonvoisin, known as Bernie Bonvoisin( born 9 July 1956 in Nanterre, Hauts- de- Seine), is a French hard rock singer and film director.
He is best known for having been the singer of Trust.
He was one of the best friends of Bon Scott the singer of AC/ DC and together they recorded the song" Ride On" which was one of the last songs by Bon Scott.
Frank Hole
Frank Hole( born 1931) is an American Near Eastern archaeologist known for his work on the prehistory of Iran, the origins of food production, and the archaeology of pastoral nomadism.
He is C. J. MacCurdy Professor Emeritus of Anthropology at Yale University.
Tom Waits
Thomas Alan Waits (born December 7, 1949) is an American singer, songwriter, musician, composer, and actor.
His music is characterized by lyrics focusing on the underside of society, delivered in his distinctive deep, gravelly voice.
During the 1970s, he worked primarily in jazz, but since the 1980s his music has reflected greater influence from blues, vaudeville, and experimental genres.
Waits was born and raised in a middle-class family in Pomona, California.
Inspired by the work of Bob Dylan and the Beat Generation, he began singing on the San Diego folk music circuit as a teenager, relocating to Los Angeles in 1972.
He worked there as a songwriter before signing a recording contract with Asylum Records.
His first albums were the jazz-oriented "Closing Time" (1973) and "The Heart of Saturday Night" (1974), which reflected his lyrical interest in nightlife, poverty, and criminality.
He repeatedly toured the United States, Europe, and Japan, and attracted greater critical recognition and commercial success with "Small Change" (1976), "Blue Valentine" (1978), and "Heartattack and Vine" (1980).
He produced the soundtrack for Francis Ford Coppola's 1981 film "One from the Heart", and subsequently made cameo appearances in several Coppola films.
In 1980, Waits married Kathleen Brennan, split from his manager and record label, and moved to New York City.
Under his wife's encouragement, he pursued a more experimental and eclectic musical aesthetic influenced by the work of Harry Partch and Captain Beefheart.
This was reflected in a series of albums released by Island Records, including "Swordfishtrombones" (1983), "Rain Dogs" (1985), and "Franks Wild Years" (1987).
He continued appearing in films, taking a leading role in Jim Jarmusch's "Down by Law" (1986), and made theatrical appearances.
With theatre director Robert Wilson he produced two musicals, "The Black Rider" and "Alice", first performed in Hamburg.
Having returned to California in the 1990s, Waits' albums "Bone Machine" (1992), "The Black Rider" (1993), and "Mule Variations" (1999) earned him increasing critical acclaim and various Grammy Awards.
In the late 1990s, he switched to the record label Anti-, which released "Blood Money" (2002), "Alice" (2002), "Real Gone" (2004), and "Bad as Me" (2011).
Although attracting little commercial success domestically, Waits attracted an international cult following and has been widely covered by other singers.
In 2011, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and included in the 2015 Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest Songwriters of All Time.
Several biographies have been written about him and fan events established in various countries.
O Valencia!
" O Valencia!" is the fifth single by the indie rock band
The Decemberists, and the first released from their fourth studio album," The Crane Wife".
The music was written by The Decemberists and the lyrics by Colin Meloy.
It tells a story of two star- crossed lovers.
The singer falls in love with a person who belongs to an opposing gang.
At the end of the song, the singer's lover jumps in to defend the singer, who is confronting his lover's brother( the singer's" sworn enemy") and is killed by the bullet intended for the singer.

Question: What is the place of birth of the performer of song Way Down In The Hole?
Answer: Pomona