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Bones Howe. " Tom Traubert's Blues (Four Sheets to the Wind in Copenhagen) " (commonly known as " Tom Traubert's Blues " or " Waltzing Matilda ") is a song by American musician Tom Waits . It is the opening track on Waits' fourth studio album Small Change, released in September 1976 on Asylum Records. Written by Waits and produced by Bones Howe ...
"Tom Traubert's Blues" opens the album. Jay S. Jacobs has described the song as a "stunning opener [which] sets the tone for what follows." [4] The refrain is based almost word by word on the 1890 Australian song, "Waltzing Matilda" by A.B. "Banjo" Paterson, although the tune is slightly different.
Tom Waits was born and raised in a middle-class family in Pomona, California. Inspired by the work of Bob Dylan and the Beat Generation, he began singing on the San Diego folk circuit. He relocated to Los Angeles in 1972, where he worked as a songwriter before signing a recording contract with Asylum Records.
The final album Waits recorded for Island Records was the first of three collaborations with theater director Robert Wilson. Beat poet icon William S. Burroughs wrote the play, one of his last ...
Rolling Stone. [6] Unplugged...and Seated is a live album released by British musician Rod Stewart on 24 May 1993 by Warner Bros. Records. It is Stewart's second live album and his first (and only) appearance on MTV Unplugged. The unplugged versions of "Have I Told You Lately" by Van Morrison, "Reason to Believe", "Having a Party", and "People ...
"Tom Traubert's Blues (Waltzing Matilda)" (previously released on Stewart's Lead Vocalist) – 6:10 "All for Love" (with Bryan Adams & Sting) – 4:41; Notes ^a signifies a remixer ^b signifies a co-producer; The Japanese release replaces track 8, "Broken Arrow", with "Your Song" from the Elton John tribute album Two Rooms. The remaining track ...
Jerry Yester. Tom Waitssingles chronology. "Ol' '55". (1973) "Blues Skies". (1974) "Ol' '55" is a song by American musician Tom Waits. It is the opening track and lead singlefrom Waits' debut studio album, Closing Time, released in March 1973 on Asylum Records. Written by Waits and produced by Jerry Yester, "Ol' '55" was a minor hit.
Genius of Love. " Genius of Love " is a 1981 hit song by American new wave band Tom Tom Club from their 1981 eponymous debut studio album. The song reached number one on the Billboard Disco Top 80 chart, and was performed by Talking Heads (the group from which Tom Tom Club originated) in the 1984 concert film Stop Making Sense.