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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True Orphans pt 3 (1980-1989) - Final Season Specials

More discussions of Waits's unreleased recordings brings us to the 1980s, featuring several demos, a bunch of covers, and significant collaborations with other musicians, both big and small. Highlights this week include his contribution to a poetry documentary, a live Ewan MacColl cover, and his evening of collaborations with The Replacements.

Music extracts used for illustrative/review purposes include:
Purple Avenue / Empty Pockets, live recording, Expo Theatre, Montreal Canada (3 July 1981)

Purple Avenue, Punishing Kiss, Ute Lemper (2000)

Once Upon A Town / Empty Pockets, One From The Heart OST, Tom Waits (1982)

Smuggler's Waltz / Bronx Lullaby, from Poetry In Motion, dir. Ron Mann (1982)

Poetry In Motion (expanded version), documentary, dir. Ron Mann (1982?)

Frank's Wild Demos, bootleg, Tom Waits (1986?/2006)

The Black Rider Demos, bootleg, Tom Waits (1990-1992/2011)

Yesterday is Here (demo), unreleased recording, Frank's Wild Demos (1986?)

Carnivalins, unreleased recording, Frank's Wild Demos (1986?)

Vegas Theme, unreleased recording, Frank's Wild Demos (1986?)

Downtown Train (alt take), NME's Big Four 7" EP, Tom Waits (1986)

Downtown Train, Rain Dogs, Tom Waits (1985)

Harlem Shuffle, Dirty Work, The Rolling Stones (1986)

Harlem Shuffle, alt. long version, unreleased, from Dirty Work sessions (1985)

I Forgot More Than You'll Ever Knew (About Her), live recording, Beverly Theatre, Los Angeles CA, Tom Waits with Elvis Costello and Lou Reed, w. Cecil Null (4 October 1986)

I Forgot More Than You'll Ever Know, Memories, The Davis Sisters (1953)

I Forgot More Than You'll Ever Knew (About Her), Self Portrait, Bob Dylan (1970)

Papa's Got A Brand New Bag, live recording, Massey Hall, Toronto Canada, w. James brown (7 October 1987)

Papa's Got A Brand New Bag Part 1, single, James Brown and the Famous Flames (1965)

Mack The Knife, live recording, Freie Volksbuhne, Berlin Germany, w. Bertolt Brecht / Kurt Weill (8 December 1987)

Die Moritat von Mackie Messer (Mack The Knife), from the film Die 3 Groschenoper (The Threepenny Opera), sung by Bertolt Brecht, w. Brecht & Weill (1928/9)

Mack The Knife, That's All, Bobby Darin (1959)

Big Rock Candy Mountain, from the film Ironweed, dir. Hector Babenco (1987)

Once More Before I Go, from the film Candy Mountain, dir. Robert Frank and Rudy Wurlitzer (1988)

Date To Church, single b-side, The Replacements / Tom Waits (1989)

Date To Church - Matt Wallace Remix, Dead Man's Pop, The Replacements / Tom Waits (1989/2019)

Lowdown Monkey Blues, Dead Man's Pop, The Replacements / Tom Waits (1989/2019)

If Only You Were Lonely, Dead Man's Pop, The Replacements / Tom Waits (1989/2019)

If Only You Were Lonely, single b-side, The Replacements (1981)

I Can Help, studio outtake / Dead Man's Pop, The Replacements / Tom Waits, w. Billy Swan (1989/2019)

I Can Help, I Can Help, Billy Swan (1974)

3oclockreep, digital release, The Replacements (2008)

We Know The Night - Rehearsal Version, Dead Man's Pop, The Replacements / Tom Waits (1989/2019)

We Know The Night - Full Band Version, Dead Man's Pop, The Replacements / Tom Waits (1989/2019)

Take It As It Comes, live recording, Wiltern Theatre, Los Angeles CA, w. The Doors (31 December 1988)

Take It As It Comes, The Doors, The Doors (1967)

Pennies From Heaven, live recording, Wiltern Theatre, Los Angeles CA, w. Arthur Johnston and Johnny Burke (31 December 1988)

Pennies From Heaven, single, Bing Crosby and the Georgie Stoll Orchestra (1936)

Dirty Old Town, live recording, Wiltern Theatre, Los Angeles CA, w. Ewan MacColl (31 December 1988)

Dirty Old Town, Black And White, Ewan McColl / Peggy Seeger (1983)

Dirty Old Town, I Know My Love, The Dubliners (1968)

Dirty Old Town, Rum Sodomy and The Lash, The Pogues (1985)

Hound Dog, live recording, Wiltern Theatre, Los Angeles CA, w. Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller (31 December 1988)

Hound Dog, single, Big Mama Thornton (1953)

Hound Dog, single, Elvis Presley (1956)

Roy Orbison and Friends - A Black & White Night, concert film, Cinemax (1988)

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Satisfied - Bad As Me [423]

Another Keith Richards collaboration brings Waits to a full confrontation with the Rolling Stones, as Song by Song engages with this cryptic track from the second half of Bad As Me. Determination in music and sports, the sexual or metaphorical interpretations of bullets and guns, and the lunacy of Harry Smith all feature in our third conversation with Sara Gran.

Music extracts used for illustrative/review purposes include:
Satisfied, Bad As Me, Tom Waits (2011)

(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction, Out Of Our Heads, The Rolling Stones (1965)

(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction, Live in Paris, John Lee Hooker / Carey Bell (1970)

Time Is On My Side, Wish Someone Would Care, Irma Thomas (1964)

When You're Gone, Some Girls (Deluxe Edition), The Rolling Stones (1978/2011)

The Ghost Of Tom Waits, via YouTube (????)

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Blind Love - Rain Dogs [121]

We welcome Heath and Robert Sledge to Song by Song for another Waits genre experiment, this time taking a detour from Rain Dogs’ New York location into a country and western style. This week we’re focussing on the influence of Keith Richards and the Rolling Stones on this album (and others), as well as some discussion around how far Waits is able to move into new musical and lyrical worlds.

Music extracts used for illustrative/review purposes include:
Blind Love, Rain Dogs, Tom Waits (1985)

I Just Want To See His Face, Exile On Main Street, The Rolling Stones (1972)

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