An Idea For A Fireworks Display: An Introduction to Tom Waits
There's no mistaking that voice. Like Cash or Dylan, one note and you know just who it is. While his rusty pipes are an acquired taste, the initiated know he's one of America's greatest living songwriters. And as it turns out, none too shabby a film actor. In the 1970's he fell into self-parody but then dramatically reinvented himself with the 1983 masterpiece, Swordfishtombones. A bizarre hybrid of Leadbelly, Captain Beefheart, and Kurt Weill. Not to mention, his own unique brand of Blue Ruin. Here's all the Grim Reapers and Grand Weepers ranked. Click an album below to read a review
