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Tom Waits on Tom Waits: Interviews and Encounters
Author(s): Paul Maher
- Publisher: Aurum
- Publication Date: 1 Nov. 2011
- Language: English
- Print length: 448 pages
- ISBN-10: 1845137477
- ISBN-13: 9781845137472
Book Description
Tom Waits may just be what the Daily Telegraph calls him: ‘ the greatest entertainer on Planet Earth.’ He is also a shape-shifter who, over a span of almost four decades, has restlessly transformed his song-writing and persona not to suit the times but his own whims. Along with Bob Dylan, he stands as one of American music’ s last great mysteries.
Hundreds of journalists have sought to crack the Waits code, but few have come close to piercing the myths that shroud him. Tom Waits on Tom Waits is a selection of over fifty of his most intriguing interviews, the majority of which have never been collected in book form before. In each Waits shares something truly unique, delivering prose as crafted, poetic, potent and haunting as his best lyrics. Taken together they present a de facto autobiography of a notoriously guarded artist.
Editorial Reviews
Review
‘The book never reduces Waits’ life to a series of bullet points. Along the way there are judicious insights.’
‘A rich, colourful read that outstrips virtually any other rock chronicle…everything Waits says and does is fascinating…a wonderful insight into a man who we still basically know nothing about.’
‘A true entertainer gifted enough to make 466 pages’ worth of transcript a zippy read is a rare beast indeed. He’s frequently hilarious.’
‘The book never reduces Waits’ life to a series of bullet points. Along the way there are judicious insights.’
‘ A rich, colourful read that outstrips virtually any other rock chronicle… everything Waits says and does is fascinating… a wonderful insight into a man who we still basically know nothing about.’
‘ A true entertainer gifted enough to make 466 pages’ worth of transcript a zippy read is a rare beast indeed. He’ s frequently hilarious.’
