One of my favorite Tom Waits tunes

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Just saying.

[Berlin Vet]

1. That Is A Good One

My favorite is "Step Right Up".

[pressbox69]

6. Mine too

but he has so many great ones.

[Glamrock]

2. This one is what turned me on to Tom...

[Glamrock]

3. Heard this the other day and was positive it was Tom.

I didn't believe what my radio said the artist was and pulled up soundhound.... I was shocked.

[Doc_Technical]

4. my introduction to Tom Waits

[pressbox69]

7. Love it.

[cemaphonic]

5. I couldn't come close to picking a favorite

But this is one I keep going back to:

[SwissTony]

9. Saw him perform this live in The Hague about 10 years ago.

He was standing in a sort of low box which contained some sort of dust which he stirred up by pumping his feet. He also delivered his vocals using a megaphone. Made perfect sense.

Other favourites...

Murder in the Red Barn

Very dark.

And my all time favourite...

Blue Valentines

[pressbox69]

8. Waits didn't write this one but

Waits turned it into a haunting masterpiece. Kicks my guts out every time I hear it.

[Orrex]

10. Tom has very few misfires across his entire decades-long career

And no film is so cool that it won't be made cooler by the addition of Tom Waits.

A national treasure!

[Wolf Frankula]

11. The Piano has been drinking.

Wolf

[PufPuf23]

12. Tom Waits is cool.

I was unfamiliar with his work until I saw him as an opening act for Zappa and then became a fan.

The Zappa-Waits concert was odd because, aside from the talented and unique artists, of the venue, Circle Star Theatre.

From wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circle_Star_Theater

The Circle Star Theatre was a performing arts venue in San Carlos, San Mateo County, California. Its name is based on it being a theater in the round, featuring a rotating circular stage with none of its 3,743 seats further than 50 feet (15 m) from the stage. Unlike similar venues across the United States, the Circle Star Theatre stage had the ability to rotate in either direction without limit, thanks to the slip ring and brush system that supplied electrical power and lighting signals to it. The theatre's address was 2 Circle Star Way, San Carlos, CA 94070.

Its original concept when it opened in the early 1960s was a dinner theater similar to the Hyatt House Theatre in nearby Burlingame. Lewis & Dare productions hosted many Broadway touring shows, such as The Odd Couple, with Ernest Borgnine and Don Rickles.

[Grassy Knoll]

13. Hell Broke Luce