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Pomona, Los Angeles CA, United States (1949 – present)
He started his career in the early 1970s as a singer in spit ‘n’ sawdust bars. Initially, he was deeply influenced by the beat generation, novelists like Jack Kerouac and William S. Burroughs, and poets like Allen Ginsberg and Charles Bukowski. Waits is often compared to Charles Bukowski, being similar both in content and lifestyle, although Waits’s views are more egalitarian than Bukowski’s. Waits was unable to make a living from his music in the 70s because his classical bar music, based in pre-rock, and americana, blues, and vaudeville styles were not popular. Waits’s voice back then was soft, warm and clear.
Waits subsequently developed a devoted cult following and has influenced subsequent songwriters, despite having little radio or music video support. In fact, his songs are perhaps best known to the general public in the form of cover versions of more visible artists, such as the Eagles, Bruce Springsteen and Rod Stewart.
Although Waits’s albums have met with mixed commercial success in his native United States, they have occasionally achieved gold album sales status in other countries.
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PlzDontBan
like him a lot more than i figured i would
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Pk_Henry
Hooray for boobies.
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Chadipoo
Tom, will you ever tour again?
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Rezzo64
*Takes off eyeglasses* Terrible post
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MegamanXL
*takes of fedora* Great musc
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KasparovDeepBlu
vV listen to Rain Dogs
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KasparovDeepBlu
You're innocent when you dream [2]
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tweek17
You're innocent when you dream
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KaramAkerfeldt
Really digging Blood Money. What should I hear next?
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Otomo72
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beautifuldaddy
I'm a fan of everything, fortunately [2]
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Chadipoo
I'm a fan of everything, fortunately.
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ralfsu
His early material is so astonishing, not a fan of his "hung over chainsaw" stuff unfortunately.
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Gypsyroad
I like every Tom Waits album, some more than others obviously. But sometimes, when Waits is at his most experimental, it doesn't always work. At those times, I like to take out "Blue Valentine" and listen to "Christmas Card From a Hooker in Minneapolis", and think to myself that it's me there's something wrong with, and not Tom Waits.
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Lola_Freaky
best music for drinking whisky! yes! i always drink whisky with him :)
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sasha90s
Best music for hangover too. [2] oh my god yes!
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Deficite24
Best music for hangover too.
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manisimmati
I think it's safe to say that Tom Waits doesn't suck.
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Snufkin__
it is the best way to get drunk without whiskey 2night!
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rust and beauty
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