{"id":11427,"date":"2011-12-30T10:43:36","date_gmt":"2011-12-30T19:13:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.furiousdreams.com\/blog\/?p=11427"},"modified":"2011-12-30T10:43:36","modified_gmt":"2011-12-30T19:13:36","slug":"a-new-year-old-music","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.furiousdreams.com\/blog\/a-new-year-old-music\/","title":{"rendered":"A new year, old music"},"content":{"rendered":"

When I’m painting, my preference of background music is usually classical, new contemporary music or jazz. But if I just want to listen, one of my favorite soulful balladeers is Tom Waits – especially his early work from the mid 1970’s that reeks of heartbreak and romance and hopefulness.<\/p>\n

A true original, Waits was one of the first popular American musicians to use saxophone, trumpet, violin and cello in his arrangements. And the piano always holds first place. Here, a small homage to old Tom Traubert and his blues.<\/p>\n

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Michael Ochs archives\/Getty Images.<\/p>\n

Photo below – Circa 1976, Dallas, TX\u00e2\u20ac\u201c Tom Waits in a cafe in Dallas, Texas. \u00e2\u20ac\u201cImage by \u00c2\u00a9 Philip Gould\/CORBIS<\/p>\n

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Michael Ochs archives\/Getty Images.<\/p>\n

A couple of Hollywood glamour shots by the excellent photographer\u00c2\u00a0Cynthia Macadams<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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Rickie Lee Jones<\/a> and Waits, circa 1979, Indigo Ranch Studios in Malibu, CA. Photo credit Jenny Lens and the Tom Waits Library<\/a>, a site that offers a wealth of information on the musician’s life and music.<\/p>\n

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