Thanks, Olddude!

The entire Nighthawks AT the Diner album (I always play it from start to finish to get the feel of the live show)

It would be harder to come up with a list of Waits songs that I don't like, than a list of favorites. I have pretty much his entire recorded output, and listen often. I have recently picked up a few gems off the Early Years Cds...Ice Cream Man...When You Ain't Got Nobody. I play alot of his stuff at a weekly jam, and the band always seems to dig right in to Wait's groove.

People often comment that they like his older stuff, but not the new. I have to admit, I was the same...until I really gave his newer stuff a listen...it is all good. Suggestion: If you have a painting project, you ears are just sitting there doing nothing, so it is a great time to really give new music a listen.

Of course, there is also some great YouTube clips...just search Tom Waits. Some of the interviews are hilarious.

One of my daughters lives in CAlifornia. SHe was in a music store in Santa Monica when she called me on the cell and said she was standing right nest to Tom Waits. SHe said he smelled, which, with Waits, seems to fit the persona rather than offend.

dw