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Songwriter (s) Tom Waits. Producer (s) 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.
"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.
Beat poet icon William S. Burroughs wrote the play, one of his last major works, basing The Black Rider on a German folktale. The album consists of studio recordings of all the music Waits wrote ...
"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 ...
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 ...
Closing Timeis the debut album by American singer-songwriter Tom Waits, released on March 6, 1973, on Asylum Records. Produced and arranged by former Lovin' Spoonfulmember Jerry Yester, Closing Timewas the first of seven of Waits' major releases by Asylum. The album is noted for being predominantly folkinfluenced[2]although Waits intended ...
Label. Asylum. Songwriter (s) Tom Waits. Producer (s) Bones Howe. " The Piano Has Been Drinking (Not Me) (An Evening with Pete King) ", often referred to as " The Piano Has Been Drinking ", is a song written and performed by Tom Waits. The song first appeared on his 1976 album Small Change, and an extended live version on the 1981 compilation ...