Wild Years : The Music and Myth of Tom Waits


Jay S. Jacobs
Bok Engelsk 2006 · Electronic books.
Annen tittel
Utgitt
Chicago : : ECW Press, , 2006.
Omfang
1 online resource (342 p.)
Utgave
2nd ed.
Opplysninger
Description based upon print version of record.. - Front Cover; Front Flap; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Permissions; Introduction: Little Trip to Heaven; Old Shoes and Picture Postcards; Asylum Years; Looking for the Heart of Saturday Night; Warm Beer and Cold Women; Foreign Affairs; This One's from the Heart; Swordfishtrombones; Frank's Wild Years; The Large Print Giveth, and the Small Print Taketh Away; Who Are You Now?; What's He Building in There?; The Long Way Home; Discography; Notes; Photographs; Index; Back Flap; Back Cover. - Newly updated to include his critically acclaimed post-millennial work, this look at Tom Waits-both the reality and the myriad myths-reveals the man behind the curtain. A tale of how a self-taught, drunken hipster in roach-killers and a dirty beret has influenced a generation of musicians with his sound, warmth, and willingness to take chances, this biography shows how he has moved between sideshow barker and evocative troubadour with ease, recording almost 20 albums that range from cabaret to movie soundtracks. Waits encapsulates the wink-and-nudge of a Vaudevillian and the rhythm and he
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Sjanger
Dewey
ISBN
1-55022-414-X

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