This week on Song by Song, Vera Chok takes us all the way back to the beginning by questioning "this whole Tom Waits thing", as well as going through one of Waits's most hobo-centric songs in this lullaby for the down-and-out. We also revisit the perennial question of authenticity, as well as some of Larry Taylor's bass-playing excursions outside of his Heartattack work. Also: Martin has a cold.
Music extracts used for illustrative/review purposes include:
On The Nickel, Heartattack And Vine, Tom Waits (1980)
Fried Hockey Boogie, Boogie With Canned Heat, Canned Heat (1968)
On The Road Again, Boogie with Canned Heat, Canned Heat (1968)
Epic Key Changes, YouTube, Collective Cadenza (2013)
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