Tom Waits Kronos String Quartet Bridge School Cold Ground

[@chelseymax]

I'll never forget this show.

[@randersson3672]

Same here !

[@heyhaila]

Luscious melding of the down and dirty Waits rhythms with the high-flying intellectual Kronos strings.

[@eamonrodgers4751]

nobody can touch Tom Waits, nearest thing to magic you'll ever find 🍀

[@wilkiukstis]

Tom Waits is the KING. God Damn,it's so beautifful....

[@edsonserratmoreira471]

tom adoro sou fã esse artista tão inagualavel maravilhoso

[@hitmeuponthelowdown]

i was there man and i cried, it was so fucking amazing

[@elenikantaris9505]

Beautiful. My fave song ❤

[@killerz100]

I was there for this. It was quite a concert. Them, John Mayer, Neil Young, Metallica, and a couple other's who I can't remember. There was something for everyone.

[@tomharvey6961]

Jerry Lee Lewis, Tegan and Sara, Regina Spektor, and My Morning Jacket

[@velikotilainen3472]

makes me cry every time why? cause I was a hobo once spending my nights somewhere in the cold cold ground

[@fugitive29]

ohhh man, my favorite song of all time, amazing quality i was so disappointed when i missed out on tickets for the "glitter & doom" tour thanks a hell of a lot for posting

[@insomstudios]

holy shit a match made in heaven!!!!! I would kill to be there!

[@rhipidistian]

a genius performer who rarely performs....friggin' amazing video

[@amnesiacradar]

Brilliant. Tom Waits is my favourite artist, I don't understand the Dylan comparisons, Waits is in a different league, he's got a fantastic imagination and combines a great voice, imaginative lyrics with great music.

[@gablen23]

its all one league, and its all one song, as Neil Young once hinted, the whole universe singing that one song in thousands form

[@marcosgomes7681]

I love Toms music and Dylan too what's the problem

[@mpbarano]

@nbeachbum222 Early Years were recorded in 1971. His voice is clear and clean on those albums because they were recorded almost 40 years.

[@joedrew9418]

This is a truly exrtaordinary video rendition of the song

[@dannywashburn54]

Wasn't Jerry Lee Lewis on right after Waits,. If this is the show that I'm thinking of my cab rolls up up to the front entrance of shoreline just in time to hear the MC say " How about a warm round of applause for Tom Waits ladies and gentleman". I was so hungover that day I couldn't get out of bed. Metallica was awful, although I did feel bad when everyone started walking to the parking lot during there performance.

[@Zanghief]

Simply amazing combination, I wish I had been there to see it. Beautiful music.

[@oggendoggen2]

This song hasn't sounded this good in years...

[@jshealey]

Thank you. I was there and it was amazing to see him live. Thank you so much it means so much.

[@calzona27]

I was there too, great times my friend!

[@Clavigo]

Fantastic! D.F. now starts our project!

[@xxxdokan]

fantastic song!

[@Sardonicus]

Tom Waits is a fucking musical and lyrical genius. I also LOVE his voice, he's got the same singing voice I do, and if it weren't for him, I don't think anyone would have ever accepted mine.

[@hectorniemeth1]

Love this guy

[@joedrew9418]

Was this an extraordinary rendition of song or what.

[@PrincessaDulcinea]

Damas y caballeros, Tom waits, de pie.

[@erlingthybo]

Just - Wow (Thanx for the Upload !)

[@salsburysteakjr]

Who else would build a time machine just to travel into the future and buy a Tom Waits/Kronos Quartet collaboration record? Hell, even if it was an album simply re-imagining old Tom songs but with this sort of string section, I'd be the first one attempting to break the light barrier...

[@eeMondli]

Tom Waits is still amazing. I'm glad that he took much inspiration and a way of singing from Don van Vliet (capt.Beefheart).

[@rnarly]

I played the Calen for Tom,when he had never heard of him. (I gave him his first Jack Kerouac book @ the same time.)

[@rnarly]

I meant Captain.

[@brionoke]

This is so utterly magical

[@21TroubleBraids]

Have you heard him crooning yet? Like others say, he has the ability to sound any way he want to sound for a certain song!

[@sclogse1]

npr radio on the web has the entire audio of Waits in Atlanta from the Glitter and Doom Tour, available for download. if you can't find it , lemme know.

[@ejcs2524]

Qué grande es Tom

[@pedroqueiroz1000]

this is so amazing...can´t discribe

[@aprilglaspieable]

The strings stand in beautifully for the accordion.

[@JohnCuchta]

Am I the only one that imagines that Tom Waits kind of wondered on to stage and the Kronos String Quartet just went with it? That'd be a typically awesome Ton Waits story.

[@nbeachbum222]

@mpbarano I stand by my statement about Straight to the Top though. And even on Glitter and Doom, he does some pretty smooth at parts of I'll Shoot the Moon.

[@juergenbischoff1967]

brilliant

[@clayman146able]

This song should be an unesco patrimony

[@rags847]

I agree with your take on Tom Wait's art.

[@paolobadami4771]

ti adoro

[@soul2888]

jajjajaja Ooo YEAH¡¡¡ es lo MAXIMO¡¡¡¡

[@petrvlcek5085]

Hahaha : "I was there" - i like it so much..

[@bladome]

brillant

[@arnieca32]

A true American original

[@hitmeuponthelowdown]

your goddamn right man

[@nbeachbum222]

He does different voices all the time. Kinda like how Roger Waters varied his sound, and Axl Rose. Waits has obviously mastered this craft though. Listen to Franks Wild Years (1987). Some really raspy stuff on there. Then listen to either of the Early Years albums, (released in the 90s). He re-recorded some old songs and his voice is not raspy at all--totally clear. Hell, on Side 2 of Franks Wild Years, Straight to the Top sounds almost like Sinatra. He can sing with a plain voice.

[@nbeachbum222]

Also, look how contorted his face gets when trying to sing hear. People don't struggle that much to get their natural/unalterd voice out.

[@hitmeuponthelowdown]

i wonder what it is like to jam with Tom

[@LilikakiTsikris]

magic

[@hitmeuponthelowdown]

I Second That!

[@ooktar]

I was There for Metallica but Tom Waits beat every performace there.

[@RomTankin]

Or an awe-inspiring version of an already beautiful song. Listen harder.

[@ratsven]

"The Day After Tomorrow" at this show was amazing, though Tom is always amazing. Agree that Metallica was terrible. Never thought I'd see Metallica acoustic covering Dire Straits.

[@MartinGlu]

@nbeachbum222 Oh. Early Rears are old recordings, yo. Not re-recorded.

[@CleoTheSim]

When was this recorded?

[@ronthomas9762]

nice

[@nbeachbum222]

And by plain I mean clear/not raspy. His voice is never "plain."

[@Phantomsbreath]

One of these days, I'm going to track down Alan Moore and ask if the appearance is intentional. The film, he had nothing to do with, so the voice is someone else.

[@Clavigo]

Come on D.F.!

[@nbeachbum222]

@mpbarano ehhhhh... ya got me.

[@denissaveljev]

@kmanley29649 It's really so.

[@21TroubleBraids]

Not really, it is more so depending on the questions whether he take the interview serious or not!!!

[@denissaveljev]

@kmanley29649 Its really so

[@mejustme6944]

🍻 ☁ 🚬🍸💊😎

[@JohnCuchta]

Shit. *Tom sorry, I've been drinking.... a lot

[@joedrew9418]

Wa

[@rags847]

How is his "voice" not a type of black-faced exploitation?

[@Clavigo]

Come on D.F.!