Tom Waits on Tom Waits: Interviews and Encounters - Softcover

Paul Maher Jr.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1845137477 ISBN 13: 9781845137472

Publisher: Aurum Press, 2011

Synopsis

Tom Waits may just be what the Daily Telegraph calls him: ‘ the greatest entertainer on Planet Earth.’ He is also a shape-shifter who, over a span of almost four decades, has restlessly transformed his song-writing and persona not to suit the times but his own whims. Along with Bob Dylan, he stands as one of American music’ s last great mysteries. Hundreds of journalists have sought to crack the Waits code, but few have come close to piercing the myths that shroud him. Tom Waits on Tom Waits is a selection of over fifty of his most intriguing interviews, the majority of which have never been collected in book form before. In each Waits shares something truly unique, delivering prose as crafted, poetic, potent and haunting as his best lyrics. Taken together they present a de facto autobiography of a notoriously guarded artist.

About this title

About the Author

Paul Maher Jr is the author of Jack Kerouac's American Journey and Kerouac: His Life and Work. He is also co-editor (with Michael K. Dorr) of Miles on Miles.

Review

'The book never reduces Waits' life to a series of bullet points. Along the way there are judicious insights.' Scotland on Sunday 'A rich, colourful read that outstrips virtually any other rock chronicle...everything Waits says and does is fascinating...a wonderful insight into a man who we still basically know nothing about.' Welovethisbook.com 'A true entertainer gifted enough to make 466 pages' worth of transcript a zippy read is a rare beast indeed. He's frequently hilarious.' Record Collector

Edition details

• Publisher: Aurum Press
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 1845137477
• ISBN 13: 9781845137472
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 448