Tom Waits is tagged as: blues, singer-songwriter, experimental, rock, alternative Tom Waits (born Thomas Alan Waits, in Pomona, California, on December 7, 1949) is a prolific American singer-songwriter, composer, and actor. 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). He could not make a living from his music, although he was well accepted by the critics. The people at that time didn’t like his classical bar music, pre-rock and americana styles reminiscent of musical genres of the 40’s and 50’s, such as blues, jazz, and vaudeville. Waits has 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 by more visible artists, such as the Eagles, Bruce Springsteen, and Rod Stewart. Although Waits’ albums have met with mixed commercial success in his native United States, they have occasionally achieved gold album sales status in other countries. Lyrically, Waits’ songs are known for atmospheric portrayals of bizarre, seedy characters and places, although he has a... Read More About Tom Waits Biography...  Send Tom Waits ringtones to your cell
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