Tom Waits Day

More TW goodness! This time in Toronto.

TWAC will be appearing at Castro's Lounge next Tuesday, July 5 starting at 7:30pm. It's a slight deviation from our usual first Monday at this great spot. If you enjoy the music of Tom Waits then you'll love The Tom Waits Appreciation Congregation.

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From 'Licorice Pizza' to 'Seven Psychopaths': 9 Best Film Performances By Tom Waits There has always been something inherently cinematic about the music of Tom Waits.

My old mate, Hugo Race, is mounting another big Tom Waits Tribute show in March '22 in Sydney and Melbourne (come on Hugo, bring it to Brisbane; or better yet, Toowoomba!) Also featuring Peter Fenton (Crow) and more to be announced. Tickets and more info here https://metropolistouring.com/celebrating-tom-waits-2022/

Celebrating Tom Waits | Metropolis Touring Celebrating Tom Waits Tour DatesMar11 Factory Theatre Sydney Tickets Mar25 Thornbury Theatre Melbourne Tickets Celebrating Tom WaitsEvent InfoMetropolis Touring is proud to present ‘Brawlers, Bawlers & Bastards – a tribute to iconic singer songwriter and legendary artist Tom Waits.Featuring a st...

Well there you go. Tom Waits Day (Week) done and dusted for another year. Huge thanks to all the organisers and bands who staged events and the massive amount of talent that performed at them! In order of appearance:
Peg Powler, Beautiful Maladies, Raindogs Celebrating Tom Waits, 5th Annual Austin Tribute to Tom Waits! (OMG I am so going to that next year!), Monsieur Camembert presents The Tom Waits Birthday Bash (postponed but we'll let you know when it's rescheduled), Tom Waits Day - Piano night orchestrated by Oscar France, Swordfishtrombones - live to the world and of course the awesome crew who played at the Tom Waits Day @ Bar Wunder!
Thank you💖

Toowoomba tonight!
D.W. Denham
Rhys Pickers Smith
Ros Kessler
Alex McKean
Stephen Denham
Waylon Katz
Rhys Lee
Willie Du Fre
Lee and Du Fre

Very sad news for Sydney - due to a Covid instance over the weekend at Camelot Lounge the two Tom Waits Tribute shows have been postponed.😭 We'll update the new dates when they're finalised.

Happy Birthday, Tom. Love from Everyone. Especially from Hamar tonight when the Raindogs CTW play!!!!

Helten over alle helter! Den ultimate artist! Tom Waits har bursdag i dag!🥳 Vi gratulerer han med 72-årsdagen, og hyller han på Seb’s Hotel på Hamar, i kveld. The hero above all heroes! The ultimate artist! Tom Waits's birthday today! We congratulate him on the day, and play his songs at Seb's Hotel in Hamar, tonight.🥳 Photo: Anton Corbijn Raindogs Celebrating Tom Waits!

Beautiful Maladies did an amazing gig which you may have missed. But you can still watch it at https://youtu.be/zjgNEUZknqo

Beautiful Maladies: Christmas Edition https://artsonview.ca/donate/The band is comprised of Kelly Fawcett, Aaron Watson, Brooke Maxwell, Peter Dowse and Matt Pease, who each bring their own indiv...

Man, you should be watching this!!!!

Beautiful Maladies: Christmas Edition https://artsonview.ca/donate/The band is comprised of Kelly Fawcett, Aaron Watson, Brooke Maxwell, Peter Dowse and Matt Pease, who each bring their own indiv...

TWD@Sydney! 2 GREAT NIGHTS!

To celebrate Tom Waits 72nd birthday, Triple ARIA winning Monsieur Camembert present a Tom Waits Birthday Bash - over two big nights at Camelot Lounge Marrickville!
Wed 8th & Thu 9th December

Monsieur Camembert will be joined by wonderful guests singers including Abby Dobson, Christa Hughes, Jeff Duff and Susie Bishop - as they delve deeply into the Tom Waits songbook!

For Tom Waits fans - this is an absolutely unmissable event.
And for the uninitiated, a voyage of discovery: a wonderful opportunity to explore one of the most fascinating, original and uncategorizable artists of the past two centuries!

Prebookings: www.stickytickets.com.au/80AZ4

And it has begun! Peg Powler have got the ball running in Durham and it's just under 24 hours till the Beautiful Maladies hit the stage in Victoria, BC, Canada, at Herrmann's Jazz Club! If you can't get to the gig you can watch the live stream here https://www.hermannsjazz.com/livestream
Happy Tom Waits Day (Week) everybody!

Livestream - Hermann's Jazz Club - Lounge and Restaurant Livestream All of our in-house shows are livestreamed on YouTube for free viewing. Please register for a Free YouTube account so you can subcribe to our channel and take advantage of the Chat  feature.  Financial support through this live stream is still very important for both Herman...

And yet more for Tom Waits Day @ Bar Wunder! Alex McKean has been playing the blues for long enough to know better. He has performed at the Woodford Folk Festival and the Dublin Blues Festival. For decades he has harboured a passion for the music of Tom Waits.

TWD is absolutely chuffed to welcome the very dashing, Waylon Katz to TWD@Bar Wunder! What to say about Waylon Katz, the simpatico, lazy, easiest-kept secret of the Toowoomba music scene? Just all that, I guess. Currently swinging with the Jim Miller Big Band, hoedowning with The Rusty Pickups and doing whatever mayhem it is that The Fandangled? do.

2 BIG NIGHTS OF TOM!

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To celebrate Tom Waits 72nd birthday, Triple ARIA winning Monsieur Camembert present a Tom Waits Birthday Bash - over two big nights at Camelot Lounge Marrickville!

Wed 8th & Thu 9th December

Monsieur Camembert will be joined by wonderful guests singers including Abby Dobson, Christa Hughes, Jeff Duff and Susie Bishop - as they delve deeply into the Tom Waits songbook!

For Tom Waits fans - this is an absolutely unmissable event. And for the uninitiated, a voyage of discovery: a wonderful opportunity to explore one of the most fascinating, original and uncategorizable artists of the past two centuries!

Tickets strictly limited, so don't miss out!
Prebookings: www.stickytickets.com.au/80AZ4

Tom Waits
By Adrian Boot 1985 🎵🎶

10 years ago (Oct 21 2011) Mr Waits released the album, Bad As Me. https://youtu.be/zfIRR2VeyEc

Tom Waits - Bad As Me

Dem poster skills tho!

More great Tom Waits art. This by Agam Neiman

This comes from the official Tom Waits fb page.

Stomping, Searing, Moaning, Rhythm and Blues…
Listen to the latest playlist: https://tomwaits.ffm.to/lowsideoftheroad

More TW art. This by Tom and Kathleen's eldest child, Casey, who has also played drums for Tom's touring band.

Waits on Letterman. Voodoo in the studioo! https://youtu.be/YVJ3iY7EceE

Tom Waits - "Chicago" (Live on David Letterman, 2012) Tom Waits performs "Chicago" from the album 'Bad As Me' live on Late Show With David Letterman on September 7, 2009 Official Site: http://www.tomwaits.com/Of...

Love Tom's appearances on Letterman. https://youtu.be/0l64BgFAJbs

Tom Waits -- "Lie to Me" (Late Show with David Letterman, 2006) A stripdown performance of "Lie to Me" by iconic American musician Tom Waits, performed live on Late Show with David Letterman on November 27, 2006. The song...

More cool TW art. This by Larry Caveney; acrylic on canvas 29x25

Just found an awesome TW fan site. Heaps of great stuff - for example, here's Lily and the Knight of the Rose (the two people in the Raindogs cover photo) in a completely different light but the same Hamburg cafe/bar. Perhaps just earlier in the evening as Lily is wearing the same coat and blouse ... "Lily och Rosenkavaljeren" by Anders Petersen (Lily and the "knight of the rose". Might refer to Richard Strauss opera Der Rosenkavalier)
Café Lehmitz, Hamburg 1967-1970 http://www.tomwaitsfan.com/tom%20waits%20library/www.tomwaitslibrary.com/index-2.html

The wonderful and ever so stylish, Amie Brûlée, has graciously accepted our invitation to join in the festivities and will be putting on a fine soiree in Ballarat! Stay tuned for details. Here's Amie performing Temptation. https://youtu.be/6Q1GKwsc-C4

Temptation Amie Brûlée

Somewhat obscure TW work, in collaboration with Gavin Bryars. The two talk about the work and there's some nice footage for the piece too. https://youtu.be/G_Dkx7CmD2c

Tom Waits & Gavin Bryars Interview talking about the song "Jesus'blood never failed me yet Taken from a special italian television Videomusic the two artist explain the story of song.in original language with italian subtitlesWaits e Bryars spiegan...

So great to see the man in action!

Tom Waits recording Gospel Train (1990) Hear one of the greatest vocal talents do what he does best - Tom Waits Recording Gospel Train in 1990.Clip taken from the Dutch "The Black Rider" documentary.

BIG THANK YOU💖to all my friends for the likes/follows here at TWD! Remember, you too can be part of TWD by hosting an event. No event too small! Tea party, whiskey party, picnic, vegan chocolate soiree, 420 blaze. For those in hard lockdown, sit on your porch, open a window and sing and play a few numbers or live stream from your home. Zoom your mates and play your favourite tunes. With any luck, venues may be open by December so set up an open mic, book a band, a martini cruise or art exhibition. Be sure to let me know if you do, so I can add it to our event page. In the mean time, stay well and safe and be of good cheer. Love yooz💖💖💖