The gravely voiced, balladeer of stories from skid row or as one writer said, the urban dispossessed, “stories of the barnacles on the underbelly of society.” Tom Waits is almost beyond description, his jazz-soaked poetry-stories, ever-eclectic musical mishmash of genres, he is of course an acquired taste. Maybe you are more familiar with his film … More Tom Waits: The First Ten Years
This is part two of my blog series on Rickie Lee Jones. She has released 17 albums, but I am only going to talk about a few. She dabbles in a variety of styles from pop to American songbook to covers of pop songs to pop-jazz. There is an earthiness in her playing, preferring acoustic … More Rickie Lee Jones: Her Music
She was big, the musical flavor of the month. Music changed and it was harder getting airplay and notice. Rickie Lee was cool, Tom Waits kind of cool. Coincidentally, they had a passionate love affair, and then they didn’t. One gets the idea that he was the love of her life. It’s been more than … More Rickie Lee Jones (Part 1)
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