True Orphans pt 7 (2010-2022) - Final Season Specials

Just imagine... at one point we thought this surprisingly epic True Orphans series might fit in two episodes, HA! Anyway, for this final episode Martin and Sam consider the Waits material from 2010 to the present day, including several contributions to tribute albums, a few live recordings, and his beautiful-yet-flawed farewell to David Letterman.

Music extracts used for illustrative/review purposes include:
Tootie Ma Is A Big Fine Thing, Preservation - An Album To Benefit Preservation Hall and The Preservation Hall Music Outreach Program, Tom Waits & The Preservation Hall Jazz Band (2010)

Corrine Died on the Battlefield, Preservation - An Album To Benefit Preservation Hall and The Preservation Hall Music Outreach Program, Tom Waits & The Preservation Hall Jazz Band (2010)

Fortune Has its Cookies To Give Out, live recording, Herbst Theater, San Francisco CA, w. Lawrence Ferlinghetti (2 October 2010)

Ghost to a Ghost, Ghost to a Ghost, Hank Williams III (2011)

Fadin Moon, Ghost to a Ghost, Hank Williams III (2011)

Thirsty?, album, Gatmo et al (2012)

Shenandoah, Son Of Rogues Gallery: Pirate Ballads, Sea Songs and Chanteys, Tom Waits & Keith Richards (2013)

Little Red Rooster, live recording, Oracle Arena, Oakland CA, The Rolling Stones w. Tom Waits (5 May 2013) - HIGH QUALITY SHORT RECORDING

Little Red Rooster, live recording, Oracle Arena, Oakland CA, The Rolling Stones w. Tom Waits (5 May 2013) - LOW QUALITY FULL RECORDING

Little Red Rooster, single, The Rolling Stones (1964)

Little Red Rooster, Howlin' Wolf, Howlin' Wolf (1962)

Take One Last Look, live recording, The Late Show with David Letterman, New York NY, Tom Waits (14 May 2015)

Tom Waits interview (featuring George Clooney), The Late Show with David Letterman (14 May 2015)

The Soul of a Man, God Don't Never Change: The Songs of Blind Willie Johnston, Tom Waits (2016)

The Soul of a Man, single, Blind Willie Johnston (1930)

John The Revelator, God Don't Never Change: The Songs of Blind Willie Johnston, Tom Waits (2016)

John The Revelator, single, Blind Willie Johnston (1930)

Respect Yourself, live recording, Lagunitas Amphitheatre, Petaluma CA, Mavis Staples w. Tom Waits (11 September 2017)

Mother Machree, from the film The Ballad of Buster Scruggs, dir. The Coen Brothers (2018)

Tom Waits plays piano on the set of The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (2018)
Bella Ciao, Songs of Resistance 1942 - 2018, Marc Ribot & Tom Waits (2018)

Rains On Me, live recording, Troubador, Los Angeles CA, w. Chuck E. Weiss & Tom Waits (18 March 2022)

Getting Drunk On A Bottle / I Like To Sleep Late In The Morning, live recording, Snap Sessions - KPFK FM - Santa Monica OR Folk Arts Rare Records, w. Dave Blue (November, 1973)

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Down, Down, Down - Swordfishtrombones [102]

Martin and Sam return for another slice of Swordfishtrombones, as Waits grabs his bible and gives it a good thump. Links to blues performers of the 20s and how seriously we should take Tom's threats of fire and brimstone all feature, plus... the return of the grand unified egg theory of musical accessibility.

Music extracts used for illustrative/review purposes include:
Down, Down, Down, Swordfishtrombones, Tom Waits (1983)

It's Nobody's Fault But Mine, It's Nobody's Fault But Mine - The Best Of, Blind Willie Johnson (1925/2010)

Nobody's Fault But Mine, Nina Simone & Piano, Nina Simone (1969)

Nobody's Fault But Mine, Presence, Led Zeppelin (1976)

The Soul Of A Man, God Don't Never Change: The Songs Of Blind Willie Johnson, Tom Waits/Blind Willie Johnson (2016)

John The RevelatorGod Don't Never Change: The Songs Of Blind Willie Johnson, Tom Waits/Blind Willie Johnson (2016)

Dark Was The Night, Cold Was The Ground, God Don't Never Change: The Songs Of Blind Willie Johnson, Rickie Lee Jones/Blind Willie Johnson (2016)

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