Martin and Sam welcome Hannah McGregor for another trio of Waits’s abandoned children: a hobo lullabye, his contribution to the Shrek-niverse and a tribute to one of 1969’s most unusual solo projects. Plus: how hard would it be for two women in their 30s to fit inside one overcoat?!?
Music extracts used for illustrative/review purposes include:
Bottom Of The World, Orphans: Brawlers Bawlers & Bastards, Tom Waits (2006)
The Hobo’s Lullaby, Woodie Guthrie, Asch Recordings vol. 1 (1945-47/1997)
Little Drop Of Poison, Orphans: Brawlers Bawlers & Bastards, Tom Waits (2006)
Little Drop Of Poison from Shrek 2, dir. Andrew Adamson, Conrad Vernon, Kelly Asbury (2004)
Little Drop Of Poison, The End of Violence OST, Tom Waits (1997)
Books Of Moses, Orphans: Brawlers Bawlers & Bastards, Tom Waits (2006)
Books Of Moses, Oar, Skip Spence (1969)
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