The Words and Music of Tom Waits

by Corinne Kessel

Tom Waits's distinctive, bourbon-soaked growl, his unique persona, and his incorporation of musical styles from blues to experimental to vaudeville have secured for him a top-shelf cult following and an extraordinary critical respect. The idea of the Wanderer - someone who seeks an escape from all of life's problems, and dreams himself into oblivion - serves as the fundamental personality type around which all Waits's music revolves. Ten years...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0313349061
• ISBN13: 9780313349065
• Release Date: November 2008
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.3"