Tom Waits Summer Dates

Sweet baby jesus!

Meet me in St. Louis, Louis,

Meet me at the fair,

Don't tell me the lights are shining

any place but there;

We will dance the Hoochee Koochee,

I will be your tootsie wootsie,

If you will meet in St. Louis, Louis,

Meet me at the fair."

No New England dates... here's to hoping he plays Bonnaroo.

this guy is so original

that said, i cannot seem to dig it, i have rain dogs and one or 2 others and i just dont like it

wut am i doing wrong

treetophigh, have you listened to his album "closing time"? some of his albums have and are still taking me awhile to get used to, closing time is by far my favorite and its one of my favorite albums ever, thats the style of tom waits that i love

What if Tom Waits and Sharon Jones swapped their last names? Then we'd have Sharon Waits and Tom Jones! Everybody was Kunf Foo Fighting!"

...And the piano has been drinking

treetophigh -- I felt much the same as you for awhile. Then I saw him live and it all clicked, and now he's pretty much my favorite of all time. Brokenlight makes a good point, that his earlier albums are a little easier to ease into before diving into his more out there stuff from the 80s and 90s. If you can't see him live try to catch some DVD footage or YouTube stuff and maybe it'll all come together for you.

i'd check out frank's wild years, heart attack and vine, and nighthawks at the diner (live album) for some good tom waits.

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ps- this is great news

those dates fucking suck...for me, at least.

night hawks at the diner is an awesome album, as is raindogs.

Tom Waits is the artist i have been dying to see LIVE and now hes kicking off this weird ass tour with TWO nights in Phoenix! A dream come true for me and you! Best news ive heard in a long, long time. the youtube vid is priceless!

Why isn't he coming to NYC.. I want to see him sooo bad!!!

Live in Atlanta, No longer going to Rothbury.. Waits ruin my plans almost like he did it on purpose!!

I must say I'm a bit dissapointed.. Praying for some NW shows.

"smelling like a brewery, looking like a tramp, ain't got a quarter got a postage stamp"

Knoxville for me, I saw him in Louisville in 2006 and blew my mind.

Knoxville is getting some gnarly shows this year. This is a good pre-rothbury show to see for me. Glad to see the Tennessee love.

Got my Knoxville tickets this morning

Whew!!!!!!!

Tom Waits is a reverend in his own spiritual right! On this great Sunday, a day when most go to church, I had the special blessing of driving to Tennessee to witness his great sermon. I could not feel more reborn than when I left the Civic Auditorium. This was beyond music! The experience ventured into realms of oil spilled t-shirt designs, multi horn/speaker scaffolding, talcom powder stomping with the occasional kick-bell, and yes we were also given the special privilege of hearing about the imaculate confection: "the Chocolate Jesus". I could rant all day about this. I have been to shows, festivals, crazy roadtrips and benders, but I have neve seen anything like this in all of my life. It was definitely more than just music, it was art. Glorious art!