...of Christmas, my Zombie gave to me: ♫
TOM WAITS IN A TREEEEE!
I'm totally in love with Tom Waits. He is an American songwriter known best for his raspy, gravelly voice (described by one critic as "like it was soaked in a vat of bourbon, left hanging in the smokehouse for a few months, then taken outside and run over with a car.") but also for his willingness to experiment with different styles, sounds, and instruments.
He's brilliant though! His early career had a somewhat mainstream Tin Pan Alley/jazz style, but his later and most recent output can be described as a psychedelic Vaudeville show. The lyrics are all cinematic imagery and lean, mean hooks. His latest studio album, Bad As Me, was released in 2011.
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