R&P QUIZ No. 5...For Tom Waits' Fans? Are we ready?

Question

1.On "Closing Time",Tom had a producer before Bones Howe..Who was he,and what much-loved band was he in?

2.Waits has appeared in many movies.What was his first..and who was the starring actor?

3.From "Small Change",Tom borrowed words/melody for "Tom Traubert's Blues".What was the song?

4.A young Tom had the misfortune to open for this band and their hard-core followers.Who?(Hint:Same manager.)

5.Who is the girl has pinned to the bonnet on the back-cover of "Blue Valentine"?

6.What does the expression 'rain dogs' mean?

7.Which very famous guitarist played on "Rain Dogs"?You cannot mistake the tone and feel...What was the song?(Hint:A countryish ballard)

Answer 1

wow, i am a big waits fan and i only know a couple without research.

2. paradise alley with sly stalone?

4. frank zappa

6. i always assumed winos

7. marc ribot, (who is famous to me) keith richards and GE smith

8. alice and blood money

9. i just got this album... danny says and the return of jackie and judy

10. if my english major serves me right, bukowski... for the other one lets say keroac, but we could name all sorts of people really.

12. green grass... so beautiful and haunting....

some others i love- the rest of real gone- a masterpiece, chocolate jesus, underground, lie to me, road to peace, misery is the river of the world, alice, conney island baby, troubles braids, singapore, jockey full of bourban, ect ect ect.... favorite album is a tie between real gone and swordfishtrombones

1. jerry yester- i just looked it up

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yeah marc ribot is the soloist on that one. he also has done some other incredible stuff including work with elvis costello, david byrne, john zorn, medeski martin and wood and the lounge lizards...

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i need to check out harry partch i just looked him up and he sounds awesome. another big influence on his later work made a cameo on orphans- non-traditional instrument inventor bart hopkin.

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i am currently reading "innocent when you dream" hopefully by the end i'll know all your questions. its funny, i read it aloud to my girlfriend, reading the tom waits parts in my impression of him, which my girlfriend says sounds more like sam the eagle from the muppet show.

Answer 2

Awesome, lets see how good I am:

I know 7 is Keith Richards, and I recently found out that there is a tune called Waltzing Matilda so I'm assuming that is #3.

I know the tunes, but not much about the other stuff.

Great quiz, bummed I didn't ace (or even come close to passing for that matter) it.

more stuff:

Alice and Blood Money

haven't gotten through the Orphans Brawlers and Bawlers yet.

Favorite tune = probably Please Call Me Baby although it changes a lot. I just love the feel of it. I think there are aspects that shine out of all of his major periods, but that song really has such a great quality to it. Such a romance and such a wonderful feel. That hook is so simple and so perfect, and the verses really sell the relationship. I love that tune.

Hoist the Rag is a recent favorite as well, I love the guitar solo and I just love that melody.

November is one that gets me going too. The Black Rider is a really underrated record.

There are tons. Sorry I didn't show better on the quiz portion, but I love the opportunity to talk Tom Waits tunes.

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Wire & String. Is he the guy who does those great minor solos that have such a signiture feel, I can't quite articulate it, but (and that particular solo might not be him) stuff like the afforementioned Hoist the Rag solo. That vibe.

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Oh man, and I forgot Yesterday is Here and Goin Out West and the Earth Died Screaming

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Thanks. I'm glad to know that. I really like his style.