Kessel, Corinne <br/><br/>
The words and music of Tom Waits  [electronic resource] / 
Corinne Kessel 
 - Westport, Conn. :  Praeger Publishers,  c2009 
 - 1 online resource (xiv, 176 p.) 
 - Praeger singer-songwriter collection,  1553-3484 .
<br/><br/> Description based on print version record 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. [157]-168), discography (p. [133]-1360), filmography (p. [137]-143), and index 
<br/><br/>Life and works, in brief -- Music, instrumentation, and voice. Night on earth: a nomadic soundtrack ; Dirty water on a swordfishtrombone ; A voice from the gutter ; The black box -- Tom's Wanderers: character and narrative in the music of Tom Waits ; Nighthawks and tire tramps ; Rain dogs ; The pianist has been drinking ; Black market babies ; The only kind of love ; Soldier's things and sailor's dreams ; Train songs ; The wild years ; Human oddities ; A little drop of poison: outlaws and bandits ; Crossroads ; Sururalism -- Beautiful maladies: Tom Waits' realism ; Closing time 
<br/><br/><br/>Mode of access: Internet 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780313349072 (electronic bk.) 031334907X (electronic bk.) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Popular music--History and criticism--United States<br/>Motion picture music--History and criticism--United States