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September 1st marks forty years since Tom Waits’ transformative creative breakthrough, Swordfishtrombones, was released into the wild, ushering in a new and critically acclaimed era for Waits and his longtime songwriting and production partner, Kathleen Brennan.

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"Once you've seen Tom Waits, you can't ignore him" — Bob Harris May 3, 1977: Tom Waits makes his live UK television debut on The Old Grey Whistle Test.

Today Massive Attack is sharing their collaboration with Tom Waits, "Boots on the Ground." The song chronicles the madness and rabid abandonment of mankind to the commands of "The Masters of War” as Dylan put it.

May 3, 1977: Part two of Tom Waits’ UK debut on The Old Grey Whistle Test. Here he performs “Tom Traubert’s Blues” - a quiet, intimate contrast to “Small Change.”

On August 1, 1977, Tom Waits appeared as a guest on Fernwood 2 Night, a groundbreaking parody of low-budget, locally produced, small-town talk shows set in Fernwood, Ohio.

"The Last Ride", a documentary focusing on US homelessness is re-airing today, July 29 on Italy’s RAI3. Watch Tom Waits perform Tom Traubert’s Blues and read from his poem, Seeds On Hard Ground, providing a throughline to the landscape of faces and stories portrayed in the film.

Listen to Tom Waits perform an unreleased, tender unplugged version of "The Fall of Troy."

Welcome to the future. From the director of The Incredibles and Ratatouille comes RAY GUNN, starring Sam Rockwell, Scarlett Johansson, and Tom Waits. In select theaters December 4, only on Netflix December 18.

Iggy Confidential. It was a growler of a show. In case you missed it, Waits co-hosted a special show with Iggy Pop. The episode is accessible for a month via the BBC Radio 6 website and the BBC Sounds app. More info:

John C. Reilly shares his love for Tom Waits in Down By Law (1986) during his Criterion Closet interview.

October 1983: Waits performs “I Beg Your Pardon,” “I Wish I Was in New Orleans,” and “Frank’s Wild Years” at the piano for Channel 4’s Loose Talk.

On October 16, 1985, Tom Waits took the stage on UK's music program The Tube. Kicking it off with a short story about Frank's life after his Wild Years, Waits goes into "16 Shells From A 30.6," "In The Neighborhood," "Cemetery Polka," and "Walking Spanish"

Born from collaborations with Robert Wilson and released on the same day in 2002, Alice and Blood Money are two sides of the same coin. Alice is a dive into the rapture of the deep; and Blood Money is a front-row seat at the dark, human carnival of life.

Hey Charlie, happy Xmas Tom Waits performs "Christmas Card from a Hooker in Minneapolis" live on Australian TV in 1979

Tom Waits reads “The Laughing Heart” for a 2003 documentary film, Bukouski: Born Into This. Waits first became aware of Bukowski after discovering his column, ‘Notes Of A Dirty Old Man’ in the LA Free Press in the 70’s.

Tom Waits performs "Goin Out West" during the Dead Man Walking benefit concert. Artists from the film's soundtrack gathered at The Shrine Auditorium for a night of music benefiting Murder Victims' Families for Reconciliation:

Jim Jarmusch’s Father Mother Sister Brother, is now in select theaters.

“All of my dreams fall just like rain, on a downtown train” Video Directed by Jean Baptiste Mondino #TomWaits #Raindogs #DowntownTrain #JeanBaptisteMondino

Thank you! Your purchase of the 3rd ed. of Seeds on Hard Ground is making a real difference. Because of your support, the entire printing is sold out, &amp; together we're sending vital funds to NAMI, the Redwood Food Bank, the Caritas Village Project, &amp; St. Vincent De Paul.

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ANTI- RECORDS ANNOUNCES 50TH ANNIVERSARY VINYL RE-ISSUES OF TOM WAITS’ SORDID AND TENDER TALES OF ‘SMALL CHANGE'

You can never hold back spring You can be sure that I will never Stop believing The blushing rose will climb Spring ahead or fall behind Winter dreams the same dream Every time You can never hold back spring

Thank you! Your purchase of the 3rd ed. of Seeds on Hard Ground is making a real difference. Because of your support, the entire printing is sold out, & together we're sending vital funds to NAMI, the Redwood Food Bank, the Caritas Village Project, & St. Vincent De Paul.