Tom Waits | Artist

Thomas Alan Waits is an American singer-songwriter, musician, composer and actor born 1949 in Pomona, California. Waits has had many musical personas: folk singer/songwriter, jazz beatnik, drunken lounge crooner, country outlaw and avant-garde percussionist. Waits married musician and artist Kathleen Brennan in 1980 and they have collaborated on Wait's work since the release of the 1983 album Swordfishtrombones. Waits is a gifted recording artist and stage performer and has an extensive catalogue of excellent releases. Outstanding albums include Closing Time, Small Change, Swordfishtrombones, Raindogs, Bone Machine and Orphans.

Artist Website: tomwaits.com

Featured Albums: Tom Waits

Related Artists: Marc Ribot, Kathleen Brennan