“Soldier’s Things”
Windmill Saxophone Quartet
On the album This ‘N’ That (Global Village 9802) (1998)
“Soldier’s Things”
Paul Young
On the album The Secret of Association (Columbia CK 39957) (1985)
“Step Right Up”
Violent Femmes
On the various artists album Step Right Up: The Songs of Tom Waits (Manifesto PT3 41101-2) (1995)
“Straight to the Top”
Lea Delaria
On the album Play It Cool (Warner Brothers 47933) (2001)
“Strange Weather”
Marianne Faithfull
On the album Strange Weather (Island 7 90613-1) (1987)
Also on the album Faithfull: A Collection of Her Best Recordings (Island 314-524036-2) (1994)
Also on the album A Perfect Stranger: The Island Anthology (Island 314-524 579-2) (1998)
Also on the album Stranger On Earth: An Introduction to Marianne Faithfull (Polygram International 585152) (2001)
Also on the album 20th Century Masters — The Millennium Collection: The Best of Marianne Faithfull (Island 000114602) (2003)
Live version on the album Blazing Away (Island 422-842794-2) (1990)
“Strange Weather”
Andi Sexgang
On the album Faithfull Covers (Dressed to Kill 375) (2000)
Also on the box set Complete Sex Gang Children (Dressed to Kill 428) (2000)
“Swordfishtrombone”
Claudia Bettinaglio
On the album Saving All My Love (Taxim HE 024) (2001)
“Swordfishtrombone”
Hell Blues Choir
On the album Greetings from Hell: The Tom Waits Songbook (Tylden and Co.
GTACD 8212) (2003)
“Swordfishtrombone”
Fjorton Sånger (recorded in Swedish)
On the album Bad Liver and Hans Brustna Hjärtan (Nonstop Records NSM 33-15) (1989)
“Take It With Me”
Kitty Margolis
On the album Left Coast Life (Mad-Kat 11008) (2001)
“Take It With Me”
Megan Mullally
On the album Big as a Berry (Varese 062144) (2002)
“Take It With Me”
Jubilant Sykes
On the album Wait for Me (Sony 89107) (2001)
“Take It With Me”
Anne Sofie Von Otter and Elvis Costello
On the album For the Stars (Deutsche Grammophon 289 469 530-2) (2001)
“Take Me Home”
Mary Ellen Bernard
On the album Point of Departure (Original Cast Records 9351) (1995)
“Take Me Home”
Holly Cole
On the album Temptation (Metro Blue CDP 7243 8 31653 2 2) (1995)
“Take Me Home”
Crystal Gayle (different recording than on One from the Heart soundtrack)
On the album Cage the Songbird (Warner Brothers 23958) (1983)
Also on the album Best of Crystal Gayle: Talking in Your Sleep (Castle 122) (2000)
Also on the album Blue: All Her Greatest Hits (Hallmark 30864) (2001)
“Take Me Home”
Maria Joao
On the album Undercovers (Emarcy 4428) (2002)
“Take Me Home”
Luba Mason
On the album Collage (P.S. Classics 423) (2004)
“Take Me Home”
Vonda Shepard
Performed on the T.V. series Ally McBeal (1999)
“Tango ’Til They’re Sore”
Holly Cole
On the album Temptation (Metro Blue CDP 7243 8 31653 2 2) (1995)
Live version on the album It Happened One Night (Metro Blue 52699) (1997)
“Tango ’Til They’re Sore”
Fjorton Sånger (recorded in Swedish)
On the album Bad Liver and Hans Brustna Hjärtan (Nonstop Records NSM 33-15) (1989)
“Tango ’Til They’re Sore”
Astrid Seriese
On the album Into Temptation (Briga) (1996)
“Telephone Call from Istanbul”
The Carnival Saloon
On the album The Carnival Saloon Live (2001)
“Telephone Call from Istanbul”
The Red Elvises
On the album Your Favorite Band Live (Shoobah-Doobah 5012) (2000)
“Temptation”
Beekeeper
On the album Eel Binge (MussMyHair MMH5550-1) (1995)
“Temptation”
The Bobs
On the album Sing the Songs Of . . . (Kaleidoscope K-48) (1991)
“Temptation”
Holly Cole
On the album Temptation (Metro Blue CDP 7243 8 31653 2 2) (1995)
“Temptation”
Diana Krall
Released as a cd single “Temptation”/“I’ll Never Be the Same” (Verve B0001995-32) (2004)
Also on the album The Girl in the Other Room (Verve 000182612) (2004)
Live version on the various artists album ONXRT: Live from the Archives Volume 7 (SRO Productions 85704) (2004)
Another live version on the video Live at the Montreal Jazz Festival (Verve
000378009) (2004)
“Temptation”
Astrid Seriese
On the album Into Temptation (Briga) (1996)
“That Feel”
Little Band of Gold
On the album Little Band of Gold (Shanachie 6047) (2000)
“This One’s from the Heart”
Jazz at the Movies Band
On the album One from the Heart: Sax at the Movies II (Discovery 77015) (1995)
“Tijuana”
Meadows (co-written by Jack Tempchin and Waits; never recorded by Waits)
On the various artists album Hey Tom, Look What We Did To Your Songs (self-released by Yahoo Groups Tom Waits List) (2001)
“Tijuana”
Jack Tempchin (co-written by Tempchin and Waits; never recorded by Waits)
On the album Jack Tempchin (Arista AB4193) (1978)
“’Til the Money Runs Out”
John Hammond
On the album Wicked Grin (Pointblank/Virgin 7243 9 50764 2 8) (2001)
“’Til the Money Runs Out”
Bill Perry
On the album Raw Deal (Blind Pig 5093) (2004)
“’Til the Money Runs Out”
Fjorton Sånger (recorded in Swedish)
On the album Bad Liver and Hans Brustna Hjärtan (Nonstop Records NSM 33-15) (1989)
“Time”
Tori Amos
On the album Strange Little Girls (Atlantic 7567-83486-2) (2001)
“Time”
T-Bone Burnett
On the album T-Bone Burnett (MCA MCAC-5809) (1986)
“Time”
The Carnival Saloon
On the album The Carnival Saloon Live (2001)
“Time”
Sean King and Rob Matthews
On the various artists album Big Change (self-released by Yahoo Groups Tom Waits List) (2001)
“Time”
Henk Tack
On the various artists album Hey Tom, Look What We Did To Your Songs (self-released by Yahoo Groups Tom Waits List) (2001)
“Tom Traubert’s Blues (Waltzing Matilda)”
Wolfgang Ambros (recorded in German)
On the album Ambros Singt Waits (BMG Ariola München) (2000)
“Tom Traubert’s Blues (Waltzing Matilda)” (retitled “Waltzing Matilda”)
Bon Jovi
On the cd single “Dry Country” (Polygram International) (1994)
“Tom Traubert’s Blues (Waltzing Matilda)”
The Carnival Saloon
On the album The Carnival Saloon Live (2001)
“Tom Traubert’s Blues (Waltzing Matilda)”
English Country Blues Band
On the album Home and Deranged (Rogue FMSL2004) (1983)
“Tom Traubert’s Blues (Waltzing Matilda)”
Dave Gannett Jazz Tuba
On the various artists album Tubas From Hell (Summit DCD-155) (1995)
“Tom Traubert’s Blues (Waltzing Matilda)”
Hell Blues Choir
On the album Greetings from Hell: The Tom Waits Songbook (Tylden and Co.
GTACD 8212) (2003)
“Tom Traubert’s Blues (Waltzing Matilda)”
Jazz Mandolin Project
On the album The Deep Forbidden Lake (Doyle Kos DK.E 480806) (2005)
“Tom Traubert’s Blues (Waltzing Matilda)”
Royal Rounders
On the album Playing for Change: Soundtrack from the Documentary Film (Higher Octave 96369) (2005)
“Tom Traubert’s Blues (Waltzing Matilda)”
Rod Stewart
Released as a U.K. single (Warner Brothers International 9362-40718-2) (1992)
Also on the U.K. album Lead Vocalist (Warner Brothers International 9362-45258-2)(1992)
Live version on the album Unplugged . . . and Seated (Warner Brothers 9 45289-2) (1993)
“Train Song”
Bim Skala Bim
On the album Eyes and Ears (BIB Records 2012) (1995)
“Train Song”
Holly Cole
On the album Temptation (Metro Blue CDP 7243 8 31653 2 2) (1995)
Also on the album Collection (EMI 97461) (1998)
Live version on the album It Happened One Night (Metro Blue 52699) (1997)
Live version also on the album The Best of Holly Cole (Blue Note 29064) (2000)
“Train Song”
The Carnival Saloon
On the album The Carnival Saloon Live (2001)
“Train Song”
The Holmes Brothers
On the album Promised Land (Rounder 2142) (1997)
Also on the album Righteous! The Essential Collection (Rounder 611588) (2002)
“Train Song”
Jane Siberry
Live version, never officially released.
“Train Song”
Spring String Quartet
On the album Train Songs (CC n’C 2022) (2002)
“$29.00”
Claudia Bettinaglio
On the album Saving All My Love (Taxim HE 024) (2001)
“2:19”
John Hammond (never recorded by Waits)
On the album Wicked Grin (Pointblank/Virgin 7243 9 50764 2 8) (2001)
“Underground”
The Carnival Saloon
On the album The Carnival Saloon Live (2001)
“Underground”
Astrid Seriese
On the album Secret World (Briga) (1994)
“Union Square”
Eric Ambel
On the album Knucklehead (Lakeside Lounge 003) (2004)
“Virginia Avenue”
Knoxville Girls
On the various artists album New Coat Of Paint: The Songs of Tom Waits (Manifesto MFO 42101-2) (2000)
“Walking Spanish”
Fjorton Sånger (recorded in Swedish)
On the album Bad Liver and Hans Brustna Hjärtan (Nonstop Records NSM 33-
15) (1989)
“Way Down in the Hole”
The Blind Boys of Alabama
On the album Spirit of the Century (Real World 7243 8 50918 2 7) (2001)
“Way Down in the Hole”
John Campbell
On the album Howlin’ Mercy (Elektra 7559-61440-2) (1993)
“Way Down in the Hole”
Compulsive Gamblers
On the album Gambling Days Are Over, Say It With Liquor (Sympathy for the Record Industry 372) (1995)
Live version on the album Live and Deadly: Memphis/Chicago (Sympathy for the
Record Industry 698) (2003)
“Way Down in the Hole”
Jon Dee Graham
On the album Hooray for the Moon (New West 6036) (2001)
“Way Down in the Hole”
Heavy Metal Horns
On the album Heavy Metal Horns (Square Records 4000-2) (1991)
“Way Down in the Hole”
The Neville Brothers
Theme from the T.V. series The Wire (2004)
“Way Down in the Hole”
Astrid Seriese
On the album Into Temptation (Briga) (1996)
“What’s He Building?”
Alicia Fontana
On the various artists album Big Change (self-released by Yahoo Groups Tom Waits List) (2001)
“What’s He Building?”
Norm Stein
On the various artists album Hey Tom, Look What We Did To Your Songs (self-released by Yahoo Groups Tom Waits List) (2001)
“Whistle Down the Wind”
Valerie Carter
On the album The Way It Is (ULG 17737) (1996)
“Whistle Down the Wind”
Dave Grismond and Tony Rice
On the album Tone Poems (Acoustic Disc 10) (1994)
“Whistling Past the Graveyard”
Screamin’ Jay Hawkins
On the album Somethin’ Funny Goin’ On (Demon FIEND CD 750) (1995)
Also on the album Portrait of a Man: A History of Screamin’ Jay Hawkins (Edsel
EDCD414) (1997)
Also on the various artists album New Coat Of Paint: The Songs of Tom Waits
(Manifesto MFO 42101-2) (2000)
“Who Are You?”
Human Drama
On the album Solemn Sun Setting (Triple X 60014) (1999)
“Wrong Side of the Road”
Claudia Bettinaglio
On the album Saving All My Love (Taxim HE 024) (2001)
“Wrong Side of the Road”
Nine Pound Hammer
On the album Smoking Taters (Crypt 27) (1997)
“Yesterday Is Here”
The Alter Boys
On the album Exotic Sounds of the Alter Boys (Fractured Trans 3) (2005)
“Yesterday Is Here”
Cat Power
On the album Dear Sir (Runt 006) (1995)
“Yesterday Is Here”
Human Drama
On the album Pin-Ups (Triple X CD-51142-2) (1993)
“Yesterday Is Here”
Peter Sanders On the various artists album Big Change (self-released by Yahoo Groups Tom Waits List) (2001)
“Yesterday Is Here”
Astrid Seriese
On the album Eclipse (Briga) (1993)
“Yesterday Is Here”
The Walkabouts
On the single Jack Candy (Sub Pop SP 81/252) (1993)
“You Can’t Unring A Bell”
These Immortal Souls
On the various artists album Step Right Up: The Songs of Tom Waits (Manifesto PT3 41101-2) (1995)
NOTES
Personal Interviews
• Aloe, Mary. Telephone interview, 20 Oct. 1999.
• Cohen, Adam. Telephone interview, 17 May 2005.
• Coppola, Francis Ford. Fax to author, 14 Apr. 1999.
• Crivello, Sal. Telephone interview, 20 May 1999.
• Geffen, David. Telephone interview, 10 June 1999.
• Graham, Big Daddy. Telephone interview, 4 June 1999.
• Hennessy, Jill. Telephone interview, 28 Feb. 2004.
• Howe, Bones. Telephone interview, 23 June 1999.
• Howe, Bones. Telephone interview, 14 Apr. 2005.
• Mantegna, Joe. Telephone interview, 12 Feb. 2004.
• McLachlan, Sarah. Personal interview, 22 Mar. 1994.
• Melvoin, Michael. Telephone interview, 25 June 1999.
• Thomas, Rob. Telephone interview, 3 May 2005.
• Yester, Jerry. Telephone interview, 1 June 1999.
Introduction: Little Trip to Heaven
1. Betsy Carter and Peter S. Greenwood, “Sweet & Sour,” Newsweek 14 June 1976: 84.
2. Mark Rowland, “Tom Waits’ Wild Year,” Musician Jan. 1993: 70–72.
3. Gavin Martin, “Tom Waits,” New Musical Express 19 Oct. 1985:
30–31.
4. Carter and Greenwood, “Sweet & Sour.”
1 Old Shoes and Picture Postcards
1. Tom Waits, concert, Princeton University, Princeton, nj, 16 Apr. 1976.
2. Night Flight [profile of Tom Waits], USA Network 1988.
3. Bill Milkowski, “Tom Waits,” Downbeat Mar. 1986: 14.
4. Mark Rowland, “Tom Waits Is Flying Upside Down (On Purpose),” Musician Oct. 1987: 82–94.
5. Rich Wiseman, “Tom Waits, All-Night Rambler,” Rolling Stone 30 Jan. 1975: 18.
6. “Tom Foolery: Swapping Stories with the Inimitable Tom Waits,” Buzz May 1993: 63–64, 109–10.
7. Tom Waits, concert, Apollo Theatre, London, England, 23 Mar. 1981.
8. “Tom Foolery.”
9. “Tom Foolery.”
10. Tom Waits, concert, Boston Music Hall, Boston, ma, 21 Mar. 1976.
11. Barney Hoskyns, “Tom Waits: The Mojo Interview,” Mojo Apr. 1999: 72–85.
12. Chris Douridas, Morning Becomes Eclectic . kcrw-fm, Los Angeles, ca, 9 Oct. 1992.
13. Gavin Martin, “Tom Waits,” New Musical Express 19 Oct. 1985: 30–31.
14. Peter O’Brien, “‘Watch Out for 16 Year Old Girls Wearing Bell Bottoms Who Are Running away from Home and Have a Lot of Blue Oyster Cult Records under Their Arm,’ Says Tom Waits” Zig Zag July 1976: 11–13.
15. Tom Waits, concert, Warfield Theater, San Francisco, ca, 31 Dec. 1990.
16. Tom Waits, VH1 Storytellers, VH1, 13 June 1999.
17. Hoskyns, “Tom Waits.”
18. David McGee, “Smelling like a Brewery, Looking like a Tramp,” Rolling Stone 27 Jan. 1977: 11–12, 15.
19. Hoskyns, “Tom Waits.”
20. “Swordfishtrombones Promo Interview,” press kit, 1983.
21. David Fricke, “The Resurrection of Tom Waits,” Rolling Stone 24 June 1999: 37–40.
22. McGee, “Smelling like a Brewery.”
23. Wiseman, “Tom Waits.”
24. Mick Brown, “Warm Beer, Cold Women,” Sounds 12 June 1976: 16–17.
25. McGee, “Smelling like a Brewery.”
26. Hoskyns, “Tom Waits.”
27. “Bone Machine : A User’s Manual,” press kit promo cd, 1992.
28. Hoskyns, “Tom Waits.”
29. Rowland, “Tom Waits.”
30. Hoskyns, “Tom Waits.”
31. Dave Zimmer, “Tom Waits’ Hollywood Confidential,” Bam 26 Feb. 1982: 14–17.
32. “Tom Foolery.”
33. Hoskyns, “Tom Waits.”
34. McGee, “Smelling like a Brewery.”
35. McGee, “Smelling like a Brewery.”
36. Rowland, “Tom Waits.”
37. Wiseman, “Tom Waits.”
38. McGee, “Smelling like a Brewery.”
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