Tom Waits
In the 1970s, Tom Waits combined a lyrical focus on desperate, lowlife characters with a persona that seemed to embody the same lifestyle, which he sang about in a raspy, gravelly voice. From the '80s on, his work became increasingly theatrical as he moved into acting and composing. Growing up in Southern California, Waits attracted the attention of manager Herb Cohen, who also handled Frank Zappa, and was signed by him at the beginning of the 1970s, resulting in the material later released as The Early Years and The Early Years, Vol. 2. His formal recording deb...[more]
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Romeo Bleeding: Live from Austin comprises concert footage from the Tom Waits tour behind his 1976 album Small Change. Waits, seated behind a piano for the majority of the shows, is backed here by a small, well-composed jazz trio. He is present in all his raspy-voiced, chain-smoking, rambling glory. This DVD gives equal time to both is actual songs and his captivating between-set banter.
DVD $14.99
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Tom Waits Under Review 1983 - 2006 is an 80 minute documentary film which looks at this extraordinary musician and performer's music during that period. After Waits' marriage to Katherine Brennan in 1980, his music became more experimental, challenging and left-field, but without any compromise of his craft - the songs were better than ever. Through album after album during the 1980s, the 1990s and the 2000s, Waits stunned his audience time and again. This program looks again at these records, and th [ read more ]
DVD $19.99
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