Our second episode dealing with the non-album work of Tom Waits (and our second from the 1970s) brings a variety of covers, live performances, outtakes and re-uses from studio sessions... including the Hokey Pokey. Check the show notes for versions of everything we're discussing, and hopefully you'll find some new favourites.
Music extracts used for illustrative/review purposes include:
Martin Goes And Does Where It’s At / Bombed Anyway, I'm Everyone I've Ever Loved, Martin Mull feat. Tom Waits (1977)
Tom Waits appearance on Fernwood Tonight with Martin Mull and Fred Willard (1977)
Just Another Dime Store Novel, unreleased recording - possibly from the Foreign Affairs sessions / Filmways Heider Recording, Tom Waits (1977)
Used Erotica, from the Big Time Concert Film, dir. Chris Blum (1988)
Annie’s Back In Town, Paradise Alley Soundtrack, Tom Waits (1978)
(Meet Me In) Paradise Alley, Paradise Alley Soundtrack, Tom Waits (1978)
With a Suitcase (Street Band Version), unreleased recording - from the Paradise Alley sessions, Tom Waits (1978)
With a Suitcase (Rhythm Section Version), unreleased recording - from the Paradise Alley sessions, Tom Waits (1978)
Tijuana, Jack Tempchin, Jack Tempchin, w. Tom Waits (1978)
Summertime, live recording, The Royal Horse, Osaka, Japan, w. George Gershwin (March 1978)
Summertime / Putnam County, live recording, Park Motor Inn, Madison, Wisconsin (31 October 1977)
Ain't Gonna Rain No Mo', live recording, Zilker Park, Austin TX (5 December 1978) OR Warner Theatre, Washington DC (21 November 1978)
Ain't Gonna Rain No Mo' / I Wish I Was In New Orleans, live recording, Austin City Limits, Texas (December 1978)
Waitin' For Waits, Hollywood Madness, Richie Cole / Eddie Jefferson feat. Tom Waits (1979)
Gee Baby Ain’t I Good To You, live recording, Uptown Theatre, Kansas City, w. Andy Razaf and Don Redman (8 October 1979) OR Beacon Theatre, New York w. Andy Razaf and Don Redman (5 November 1979)
Gee Baby Ain’t I Good To You, Ella and Louis Again, Ella Fitzgerald / Louis Armstrong (1957)
Gee Baby Ain't I Good To You, The Complete Capitol Recordings, Nat King Cole Trio (1993/1943)
Gee Baby Ain't I Good To You, Cameron Diaz / Susan Boyd, from The Mask, dir. Chuck Russell (1994)
Whose Sports Coat Is That, live recording, Uptown Theatre, Kansas City (8 October 1979) OR Beacon Theatre, New York (5 November 1979)
Trash day, live recording, Uptown Theatre, Kansas City (8 October 1979) OR Beacon Theatre, New York (5 November 1979)
Since I Fell For You, live recording, Capitol Theatre, Sydney Australia, w. Buddy Johnson (2 May 1979)
Since I Fell For You, Presenting Buddy Johnson, Buddy Johnson (1939)
Since I Fell For You, Nina Simone Sings The Blues, Nina Simone (1967)
Since I Fell For You, Bonnie Raitt, Bonnie Raitt (1971)
Do The Hokey Pokey / Pasties & A G-String, live recording, Capitol Theatre, Sydney Australia (2 May 1979)
I Feel Good, live recording, Paramount Theatre, Seattle WA, w. James Brown (7 October 1979)
I Got You (I Feel Good), I Got You (I Feel Good), James brown and the Famous Flames (1965/1966)
In Shades, Heartattack & Vine, Tom Waits (1980)
When The Saints Go Marching In, live recording (197?/198?)
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