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Who is on the cover of swordfishtrombones?

Who is on the cover of swordfishtrombones?

Artwork. The cover art is a TinTone photograph by Michael A. Russ showing Waits with the actors Angelo Rossitto and Lee Kolima.

Is swordfishtrombones a concept album?

A loose concept album about “the urban dispossessed” of New York City, Rain Dogs is generally considered the middle album of a trilogy that includes Swordfishtrombones and Franks Wild Years….

Rain Dogs
Producer Tom Waits
Tom Waits chronology
Swordfishtrombones (1983) Rain Dogs (1985) Franks Wild Years (1987)

Who’s on the cover of Rain Dogs?

Tom Waits – Rain Dogs (1985) From a photo of a couple named Rose and Lily by Swedish photographer Anders Petersen at CafĂ© Lehmitz in the late 60’s.

Who played guitar on Rain Dogs?

guitarist Marc Ribot
He also gained the talents of guitarist Marc Ribot, whose humid Cuban licks on Jockey Full of Bourbon perfectly complement Waits’s suave dishevelment. The range of musical styles sprawled, too, and Rain Dogs contains cabaret numbers, country songs, gospel, polkas, ballads and sea shanties.

Who plays guitar on downtown train?

Rod Stewart’s recording The song went to number one in Canada and made the top ten on the UK Singles Chart in 1990. Stewart received a Grammy nomination for the song in the category Best Male Pop Vocal performance. Stewart’s cover featured the slide guitar playing of Jeff Beck.

Does Tom Waits play guitar?

Waits has never been a solo guitarist but someone who came from kicking around the worst nightclubs in the US knows perfectly how to defend himself with a guitar.

Who plays guitar on Tom Waits Downtown?

The song went to number-one in Canada and made the top ten on the UK Singles Chart in 1990. Stewart received a Grammy nomination for the song in the category Best Male Pop Vocal performance. Stewart’s cover featured the slide guitar playing of Jeff Beck, who also appeared on the music video.

Does Tom Waits still tour?

Though currently not touring, Waits occasionally performs one-off concerts that are stripped down, intimate and interactive, with the singer-songwriter telling stories and speaking conversationally with the ticket holders.