| Author | Message | ||
| 2400wattman
Senior Member Username: 2400wattman Post Number: 838 Registered: 11-2005 |
My favorite record of all time..... Simply because I'm enjoying some White Russians while I'm making adjustments to some basses. Tom is soooo Freekiing Cool! | ||
| lbpesq
Senior Member Username: lbpesq Post Number: 4609 Registered: 7-2004 |
I saw Waits open for Martin Mull & his fabulous furniture at the Troubadour in L.A. in about '74 or '75. About half an hour into the set, Waits reaches into his inside pocket on his sports jacket and pulls out an open beer. He tales a long slug, looks at the audience, and says, as only Tom Waits can, "came with the coat". Try his first album, "Closing Time". Bill, tgo | ||
| hydrargyrum
Senior Member Username: hydrargyrum Post Number: 847 Registered: 3-2004 |
I'm also a huge Waits fan. Have you heard he's going to be releasing a 78 of his song from the Preservation Hall tribute, and a limited edition Turntable? I had the pleasure of seeing him in St. Louis for the Glitter and Doom tour. Now I can die a satisfied fan. http://theendofbeing.com/2010/10/12/tom-waits-releases-new-78rpm-record-record-player/ | ||
| 2400wattman
Senior Member Username: 2400wattman Post Number: 839 Registered: 11-2005 |
Bill, I have "Closing Time" and it gets a lot of play time as well. Martin Mull? He had a musical act? Heck I thought he was just an actor. Kevin, I saw Tom for the first time on the "Glitter and Doom" tour as well and unfortunately he didn't play a damn thing I knew. I still had a blast. | ||
| hydrargyrum
Senior Member Username: hydrargyrum Post Number: 849 Registered: 3-2004 |
Adam, The St Louis show was a little heavier on songs from the Orphans release than I might have liked, but I guess that's no surprise given it was a supporting tour. I've got nearly every album he's ever released (for some reason I never picked up Foreign Affairs, but have heard most of the songs through other avenues anyway). I tend to prefer Swordfish Trombones and the albums made after it to his earlier style. Nighthawks at the Diner being a huge exception for me. (Message edited by hydrargyrum on October 13, 2010) | ||
| cozmik_cowboy
Senior Member Username: cozmik_cowboy Post Number: 793 Registered: 10-2006 |
Adam, Mull was a musical act first (note the line in "Lonesome L.A. Cowboy" - "I know Kris and Rita and Marty Mull are meeting at the Troubador"). Here's a taste. Peter | ||
| darkstar01
Advanced Member Username: darkstar01 Post Number: 282 Registered: 6-2005 |
count me in for being a huge tom waits fan. also caught him on the glitter and doom tour in atlanta. i definitely have a soft spot for his older records (especially nighthawks, which is one of my all time favorites), but i think my favorites are alice, blood money, real gone, and orphans. i'm been planning a tattoo for a long time that's inspired by Green Grass (from real gone). | ||
| adriaan
Moderator Username: adriaan Post Number: 2622 Registered: 6-2002 |
No love for Small Change? | ||
| davehouck
Moderator Username: davehouck Post Number: 9722 Registered: 5-2002 |
We had the album Martin Mull and his Fabulous Furniture Live in Your Living Room quite some time before we started seeing Fernwood Tonight showing up on our teevee. | ||
| 5sicks
New Username: 5sicks Post Number: 7 Registered: 8-2010 |
Happy Kine & the Mirthmakers | ||
| davehouck
Moderator Username: davehouck Post Number: 9723 Registered: 5-2002 |
Reading further this evening, I found that Happy Kyne was played by Frank DeVol, whose career in music was quite substantial, primarily as a composer and conductor, working with, among many others, Ella Fitzgerald, Ray Charles, Stan Getz, and Nat King Cole, and scoring a number of major motion pictures, and writing the themes for a number of television shows. At the time, I thought he was just another actor. | ||
| davehouck
Moderator Username: davehouck Post Number: 9724 Registered: 5-2002 |
Here's Happy Kyne and the Mirthmakers. You'll probably recognize the tune, it was quite popular at the time. | ||
| davehouck
Moderator Username: davehouck Post Number: 9725 Registered: 5-2002 |
And just to tie everything together, Tom Waits on Fernwood Tonight. He sings a tune and then talks with the host (Martin Mull). | ||
| wideload
Intermediate Member Username: wideload Post Number: 157 Registered: 6-2003 |
I sometimes think that in these days of AutoTune and dubbed-vocal dance routines, we may be losing the real troubadors and poets who have stirred our minds and souls so much more than music offers today. Tom Waits, Bob Dylan, even Joe Cocker would not even get a sniff in today's marketing department. Maybe I'm just being bitter and nostalgic... Larry | ||
| adriaan
Moderator Username: adriaan Post Number: 2630 Registered: 6-2002 |
Joe Cocker does seem to be doing reasonably well in a commercial sense, with the raucous voice as trademark. And I don't think Bob Dylan or Tom Waits leads a bohemian life (truly down and out - though there are some walking disasters out there who still attract interest in mainstream media). Just saying ... it may be counter-culture, but there are market processes to be dealt with anyhow (publicity, management). | ||
| lbpesq
Senior Member Username: lbpesq Post Number: 4613 Registered: 7-2004 |
Ah, the invocation of Joe Cocker's name. It's time to post this one again. Enjoy. Bill, tgo | ||
| wideload
Intermediate Member Username: wideload Post Number: 158 Registered: 6-2003 |
Adriaan, I guess my point of reference was when they were starting out, not now when (hopefully) they are comfortably well-off. I suppose what I saw as thought provoking and revolutionary as a teen, I see as EMO whining and self-indulgent when I hear it from today's artists (although I don't know any that I would put in Tom's category). I'm probably just not looking hard enough! | ||
| adriaan
Moderator Username: adriaan Post Number: 2633 Registered: 6-2002 |
Larry - what triggered me was that last week we had nation-wide TV commercials advertizing a Joe Cocker concert (nation-wide as far as you can call it that in the Netherlands, but I digress). And as much as Waits and Dylan avoid the mainstream music industry, you must remember that there's a world-wide market for what they create, and they cater to it - on their own terms, but it's a business nonetheless. But let's not forget to feed our heart, soul and brain on what creative geniuses conjure up! | ||
| hydrargyrum
Senior Member Username: hydrargyrum Post Number: 850 Registered: 3-2004 |
Even if the mainstream media doesn't pick up on talent at least we live in an era where anyone with a computer and an internet connection can find an audience. In many ways, music companies seem more useless than ever. If you can keep more of your royalties from tickets and albums then you don't need to sell as much to get by. |
