Tom Waits
Thomas Alan Waits (born 7 December 1949) is an American singer-songwriter, composer, and actor. Waits has a distinctive voice, described by critic Daniel Durchholz as sounding "like it was soaked in a vat of bourbon, left hanging in the smokehouse for a few months, and then taken outside and run over with a car." With this trademark growl, his incorporation of pre-rock styles such as blues, jazz, and vaudeville, and experimental tendencies verging on industrial music, Waits has built up a distinctive musical persona. He has worked as a composer for movies and musical plays and as a supporting actor in films, including The Fisher King, Coffee & Cigarettes, Bram Stoker's Dracula, and Short Cuts. He was nominated for an Academy Award for his soundtrack work on One from the Heart.
Lyrically, Waits' songs contain atmospheric portrayals of bizarre, seedy characters and places, although he has also shown a penchant for more conventional ballads. He has a cult following and has influenced subsequent songwriters despite having little radio or music video support. His songs are best-known to the general public in the form of cover versions by more visible artistsâfor example, "Jersey Girl," performed by Bruce Springsteen; "Downtown Train" and "Tom Traubert's Blues" performed by Rod Stewart; and "Ol' '55," performed by the Eagles. Although Waits' albums have met with mixed commercial success in his native United States, they have occasionally achieved gold album sales status in other countries. He has been nominated for a number of major music awards and has won Grammy Awards for two albums, Bone Machine and Mule Variations.
Waits currently lives in Sonoma County, California with his wife and their three children.
Lyrically, Waits' songs contain atmospheric portrayals of bizarre, seedy characters and places, although he has also shown a penchant for more conventional ballads. He has a cult following and has influenced subsequent songwriters despite having little radio or music video support. His songs are best-known to the general public in the form of cover versions by more visible artistsâfor example, "Jersey Girl," performed by Bruce Springsteen; "Downtown Train" and "Tom Traubert's Blues" performed by Rod Stewart; and "Ol' '55," performed by the Eagles. Although Waits' albums have met with mixed commercial success in his native United States, they have occasionally achieved gold album sales status in other countries. He has been nominated for a number of major music awards and has won Grammy Awards for two albums, Bone Machine and Mule Variations.
Waits currently lives in Sonoma County, California with his wife and their three children.
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Total 82 sheet(s) found, listing between 60 - 80.
Song | Added By | Pages | Instruments | Sheet Type | File |
Jesey Girl |
just.jacks (2)
4945d ago
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4 | Piano | Book | |
Christmas Card From A Hooker In Minneapolis |
moshem (3)
4972d ago
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7 | Piano | Other | |
Jersey Girl |
pedrocana (3)
4986d ago
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4 | Piano, Vocal | Original | |
Ol'55 |
katrin (19)
4994d ago
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1 | Piano | Transcription | |
Invitation to the blues |
elefantino (1)
4995d ago
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7 | Piano | Original | |
Alice |
kratusmaxi (2)
5000d ago
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51 | Piano, Accordion | Original | |
Alice |
Daiv17 (2)
5009d ago
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4 | Piano | Original | |
Anthology |
theloniousbrian (5)
5011d ago
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133 | Piano, Vocal | Transcription | |
This one's from the heart |
SSRMay (3)
5017d ago
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3 | Piano | Original | |
Ol'55 |
SSRMay (3)
5017d ago
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5 | Piano | Original | |
Anthology |
SSRMay (3)
5017d ago
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130 | Piano | Original | |
Anthology |
roughly (11)
5020d ago
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133 | Piano, Guitar, Vocal, Bass | Book | |
Blood money |
roughly (11)
5020d ago
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52 | Piano, Guitar, Vocal, Bass | Original | |
Sight For Sore Eyes |
kiwi678 (1)
5043d ago
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1 | Piano, Guitar, Vocal | Other | |
Temptation |
cdalz (45)
5054d ago
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1 | Piano, Vocal | Transcription | |
I Wish I Was In New Orleans |
ohnehin (2)
5108d ago
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3 | Piano, Guitar, Vocal | Book | |
Georgie Lee |
ohnehin (2)
5108d ago
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6 | Piano, Guitar, Vocal | Book | |
Jersey Girl |
seen (2)
5114d ago
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4 | Piano | Book | |
Tom Waits Anthology |
chanson78 (2)
5130d ago
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133 | Piano, Guitar, Vocal | Transcription | |
Some rare tracks |
undergift (2)
5152d ago
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111 | Piano | Book |