I was there for this. It was quite a concert. Them, John Mayer, Neil Young, Metallica, and a couple other's who I can't remember. There was something for everyone.
ohhh man, my favorite song of all time, amazing quality i was so disappointed when i missed out on tickets for the "glitter & doom" tour thanks a hell of a lot for posting
Brilliant. Tom Waits is my favourite artist, I don't understand the Dylan comparisons, Waits is in a different league, he's got a fantastic imagination and combines a great voice, imaginative lyrics with great music.
Wasn't Jerry Lee Lewis on right after Waits,. If this is the show that I'm thinking of my cab rolls up up to the front entrance of shoreline just in time to hear the MC say " How about a warm round of applause for Tom Waits ladies and gentleman". I was so hungover that day I couldn't get out of bed. Metallica was awful, although I did feel bad when everyone started walking to the parking lot during there performance.
Tom Waits is a fucking musical and lyrical genius. I also LOVE his voice, he's got the same singing voice I do, and if it weren't for him, I don't think anyone would have ever accepted mine.
npr radio on the web has the entire audio of Waits in Atlanta from the Glitter and Doom Tour, available for download. if you can't find it , lemme know.
Who else would build a time machine just to travel into the future and buy a Tom Waits/Kronos Quartet collaboration record? Hell, even if it was an album simply re-imagining old Tom songs but with this sort of string section, I'd be the first one attempting to break the light barrier...
@mpbarano I stand by my statement about Straight to the Top though. And even on Glitter and Doom, he does some pretty smooth at parts of I'll Shoot the Moon.
Am I the only one that imagines that Tom Waits kind of wondered on to stage and the Kronos String Quartet just went with it? That'd be a typically awesome Ton Waits story.
He does different voices all the time. Kinda like how Roger Waters varied his sound, and Axl Rose. Waits has obviously mastered this craft though. Listen to Franks Wild Years (1987). Some really raspy stuff on there. Then listen to either of the Early Years albums, (released in the 90s). He re-recorded some old songs and his voice is not raspy at all--totally clear. Hell, on Side 2 of Franks Wild Years, Straight to the Top sounds almost like Sinatra. He can sing with a plain voice.
"The Day After Tomorrow" at this show was amazing, though Tom is always amazing. Agree that Metallica was terrible. Never thought I'd see Metallica acoustic covering Dire Straits.
One of these days, I'm going to track down Alan Moore and ask if the appearance is intentional. The film, he had nothing to do with, so the voice is someone else.
