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Tom Waits (Thomas Alan Waits)

Last Updated: 06 Dec, 2023 | Views: 422

Age: 74

Profession: Musician

Other Profession(s): Actor, Composer, Song writer

Famous For: His Popular Album- “Bone Machine”

Tom Waits Religion, Birthday, Age

Date of Birth

07 Dec, 1949 (74 Years 09 Months 28 Days)

Birth Country

United States

Birth State/Province

California

Birth District

Pomona

Birth Sign

Sagittarius

Nationalities

American

Tom Waits Early life, Education, Career, Awards, Achievements, Controversy, Unknown Facts

About (Profile/Biography):
Thomas Alan Waits, a known musician, was born on December 7, 1949. Besides being an actor, Thomas Alan Waits is also a composer, songwriter, and musician. With his trademark deep, gravelly voice, he often delivers lyrics that focus on society's underbelly. As a jazz musician in the 1970s, but a blues, rock, vaudeville, and experimental musician in the 1980s, his music reflected a greater influence of these genres.
Tom Waits Career:
In National City, California, waiters worked at Napoleone's pizza restaurant.
The Heritage coffeehouse featured regular performances by folk musicians, and he occasionally worked as a doorman in 1969.
Waits caught Cohen's attention at the Troubadour in West Hollywood in the autumn 1971.
After performing at the Troubadour, Waits was signed by David Geffen's Asylum Records to record.
As a supporting act for more established artists, Waits toured the U.S. with a three-piece band.
He performed throughout the West Coast until he reached Denver in 1974.
Another Howe-produced album, Small Change, was recorded in July 1976
During the summer of 1978, Waits began recording Blue Valentine
Midway through 1985, Waits recorded Rain Dogs at the RCA Studios.
Tom Waits Legacy:
2015: No. 55 on Rolling Stone's "100 Greatest Songwriters of All Time
2011: Rock and Roll Hall of Fame