9780767927086

Your Satisfaction is Guaranteed:

• 30 Day Return Policy
• Bookseller Guarantee
• Privacy & Security Policy

A superb rock journalist and biographer delves into the life of one of the most revered and critically acclaimed singer-songwriters alive today, making sense of the life and career of the beloved icon, from the beginning of his career on the margins of the 1970s Los Angeles rock scene to his place among such greats as Bob Dylan and Neil Young.

"[This] meditation on Waits's work...provides a genuine insight into a great songwriter and unique performer who has nevertheless done his best to remain enigmatic."

David Horspool, Times Literary Supplement, 05/01/2009

"Mr. Hoskyns's guile, dogged work and Nick Hornbyesque likability place him a notch above the average rock biographer. His book lights up and whirls like one of the greasy carnival rides in Mr. Waits's own sprawling oeuvre."

Dwight Garner, New York Times, 05/19/2009

Lowside of the Road: A Life of Tom Waits: Search Results