As we enter the new millennium, Waits pushes into new sonic territory with various collaborations, covers and spoken word pieces, including nostalgic re-inventions and some more full-blooded engagement with hip hop music.
Music extracts used for illustrative/review purposes include:
Moanin' Parade, album, Gatmo / Tom Waits (2000)
Sideshow Seance, album, Gatmo / Tom Waits (2000)
Helium Reprise, Helium, Tin Hat Trio (2000)
Helium Reprise, 360 OST, Tin Hat Trio / Mike Patton (2011)
I’ll Tell You Why That Is, Beatin' the Heat, Dan Hicks and his Hot Licks / Tom Waits (2000)
The Piano Has Been Drinkin' (Not Me), Beatin' the Heat, Dan Hicks and his Hot Licks / Tom Waits (2000)
The Piano Has Been Drinkin' (Not Me), live at Fur Peace Ranch, Dan Hicks and his Hot Licks / Tom Waits (2011)
2:19, Wicked Grin, John Hammond (2001)
Buzz Fledderjohn, Wicked Grin, John Hammond (2001)
Fannin Street, Wicked Grin, John Hammond (2001)
I Know I've Been Changed, Wicked Grin, John Hammond (2001)
Mahfouz, Witness, Dave Douglas / Tom Waits (2001)
What's He Building In There, Hullaballoo Live intro, Tom Waits via Muse (2001)
Diamond In Your Mind, Don't Give Up On Me, Solomon Burke (2002)
Diamond In Your Mind, Healing The Divide - A Concert For Peace And Reconciliation, Tom Waits / The Kronos Quartet (2007)
Tom Waits and The Ramones at the Tropicana Motel (photo by Brad Elterman)
Go Tell It On The Mountain, Go Tell It On The Mountain, The Blind Boys of Alabama / Tom Waits (2002)
Jesus Gonna Be Here, Spirit of the Century, The Blind Boys of Alabama (2001)
Kitate, The Ride, Los Lobos / Tom Waits / Martha Gonzalez (2004)
Going Fetal, Blinking Lights and Other Revelations, The Eels (2004)
Ramblin’ Man, live recording, The House Of Blues, Cleveland OH, w. Hank Williams (13 August 2006)
Ramblin' Man, single, Hank Williams and The Drifting Cowboys (1951)
Spoonful, live recording, The House Of Blues, Cleveland OH, w. Willie Dixon (13 August 2006)
Spoonful, single, Howlin' Wolf (1960)
The Making of Tom Waits' Mule Variations, Tape Op issue 140, Jacob Paul Nielsen (2020)
Morning Hollow, It's A Wonderful Life / Dreamt For Light Years In The Belly Of A Mountain, Sparklehorse (2001/2006)
Sideshow Seance, album, Gatmo / Waits (2007)
The Waitress, When Life Gives You Lemons You Paint That Shit Gold, Atmosphere (2008)
Spacious Thoughts, The Spirit Of Apollo, N.A.S.A / Tom Waits / Kool Keith (2009)
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