Tom Waits

Tom Waits

Thomas Alan Waits (born December 7, 1949) is an American musician, composer, songwriter and actor. His lyrics often focus on the underbelly of society and are delivered in his trademark deep, gravelly voice. He worked primarily in jazz during the 1970s, but his music since the 1980s has reflected greater influence from blues, rock, vaudeville, and experimental genres. Waits was born and raised in a middle-class family in Whittier, California. Inspired by the work of Bob Dylan and the Beat Generation, he began singing on the San Diego folk music circuit as a young boy. He relocated to Los Angeles in 1972, where he worked 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 film One from the Heart (1981), 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. With Brennan's encouragement and frequent collaboration, 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, notably starring in Jim Jarmusch's Down by Law (1986), and also made theatrical appearances. With theatre director Robert Wilson, he produced the musicals The Black Rider (1990) and Alice (1992), first performed in Hamburg. Having returned to California in the 1990s, his albums Bone Machine (1992), The Black Rider (1993), and Mule Variations (1999) earned him increasing critical acclaim and multiple 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). Despite a lack of mainstream commercial success, Waits has influenced many musicians and gained an international cult following, and several biographies have been written about him. In 2015, he was ranked at No. 55 on Rolling Stone's "100 Greatest Songwriters of All Time". He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2011. Description above from the Wikipedia article Tom Waits, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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    Acting
    Place of birth
    Pomona, California, USA
    Birthday
    12/7/1949
Down by Law
Down by Law
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Big Time
Big Time
6.7
A Brief History of John Baldessari
A Brief History of John Baldessari
6
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Tom Waits: Romeo Bleeding - Live from Austin
3.8
Tom Waits - Burma Shave [Live Concert]
Tom Waits - Burma Shave [Live Concert]
3.8
Tom Waits - Bridge School Benefit
3.8
Tom Waits: Under Review
4
Tom Waits - No Visitors After Midnight
Tom Waits - No Visitors After Midnight
3.8
Tom Waits: A Day in Vienna
7
The Laughing Heart
4
Bearskin: An Urban Fairytale
Bearskin: An Urban Fairytale
7
Tom Waits: VH1 Storytellers
0
Tom Waits for No One
5.7
Tom Waits: Tales from a Cracked Jukebox
Tom Waits: Tales from a Cracked Jukebox
6.7
The Moon’s Milk
The Moon’s Milk
0
Tom Waits: Rockpalast '77
Tom Waits: Rockpalast '77
0
Red Hot + Blue: A Tribute to Cole Porter
Red Hot + Blue: A Tribute to Cole Porter
0
Tom Waits at Theatre le Palace
Tom Waits at Theatre le Palace
0
Coffee and Cigarettes III
Coffee and Cigarettes III
6.943
Guy Maddin: Waiting for Twilight
7.2
Roy Orbison: Black and White Night 30
Roy Orbison: Black and White Night 30
0
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Cold Feet
3.8
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This Is Sparklehorse
0
Wristcutters: A Love Story
Wristcutters: A Love Story
6.941
Candy Mountain
Candy Mountain
5.3
Keith Richards: Under the Influence
Keith Richards: Under the Influence
6.659
The Dead Don't Die
The Dead Don't Die
5.424
The Monster of Nix
The Monster of Nix
7
Licorice Pizza
Licorice Pizza
7.003
At Play in the Fields of the Lord
At Play in the Fields of the Lord
6.4
The Old Man & the Gun
The Old Man & the Gun
6.427
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
7.142
The Making of 'One from the Heart'
The Making of 'One from the Heart'
8
Robert Wilson: The Beauty of the Mysterious
Robert Wilson: The Beauty of the Mysterious
0
The Tiger and the Snow
The Tiger and the Snow
6.8
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
6.381
Seven Psychopaths
Seven Psychopaths
6.812
The Absence of Eden
The Absence of Eden
10
Coffee and Cigarettes
Coffee and Cigarettes
6.972
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The Book of Eli
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Poetry in Motion
Poetry in Motion
7
One Fast Move or I'm Gone: Kerouac's Big Sur
One Fast Move or I'm Gone: Kerouac's Big Sur
6.8
Ironweed
Ironweed
6.321
Roy Orbison and Friends: A Black and White Night
Roy Orbison and Friends: A Black and White Night
7.417
Queens Logic
Queens Logic
5.855
Bukowski: Born Into This
Bukowski: Born Into This
7.1
Bram Stoker's Dracula
Bram Stoker's Dracula
7.45
Paradise Alley
Paradise Alley
5.817
Mystery Train
Mystery Train
7.266
The Stone Boy
The Stone Boy
6.583
The Outsiders
The Outsiders
7.223
Rumble Fish
Rumble Fish
6.97
Luck, Trust & Ketchup: Robert Altman in Carver Country
Luck, Trust & Ketchup: Robert Altman in Carver Country
6
Mystery Men
Mystery Men
5.822
Twixt
Twixt
4.972
The Cotton Club
The Cotton Club
6.54
Domino
Domino
5.925
Short Cuts
Short Cuts
7.213
Until the End of the World
Until the End of the World
6.851
The Fisher King
The Fisher King
7.277
One from the Heart
One from the Heart
5.7
Motherless Brooklyn
Motherless Brooklyn
6.708
The Two Jakes
The Two Jakes
5.947
Wolfen
Wolfen
5.931
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