Tom Waits : live at the Montreal Jazz Festival, July 3 1981

Tom Waits live : , Montreal 1981
Personnel:
Tom Waits, piano, kettle drum
Teddy Edwards, tenor saxophone
Greg Cohen, double bass
Programme:
The one that got away
29 dollars
Pasties and a G-string (not: Till the money runs out, as indicated on movie)
Tango
Invitation to the Blues / Eggs and Sausage
Mr. Siegal
Mathilda (Tom Traubert's Blues)

[@sunlion8866]

''I like beautiful melodies telling me terrible things.'' - Tom Waits

[@Trekki61]

The Absolutely Greatest Poet, Singer, Actor of the gone century. Hopefully His Kind of Culture and Art will continue and help us to survive the next may be hard decades for mankind. Tom W. you did all to help us away!

[@ukkfayooyay]

"I'm getting harder than Chinese algebra." I've been using that line for 45 years.

[@beverlyaiglai7052]

Friend, I hope it always works for you.

[@ErikBlankenship]

I see Tom Waits. I hit the like button. It's not rocket appliances.

[@tonyclifton4359]

I wish I could like this comment more than once. Oh wait, I just did.

[@musicloverkathy]

My late husband was a singer/songwriter/ keyboard player. We drank a lot of bourbon, and smoked a lot of weed to the great Tom Waits, but I don't think I understood until years later what a genius he is.

[@broadway520]

I once went to a piano bar tribute night to Tom Waits and fortunately/unfortunately ran into some friends and it became a night from a Tom Waits song! Wish I could go back and sit closer to the piano!

[@shellymusgrove3328]

King of cool. Never listened to music the same way after hearing Tom.

[@frankekeler7682]

No, Dean Martin was and always will be the king of cool. Mr Waits is much more than that few words could ever describe.

[@elizabethpinkerton9866]

He looks so young. I saw him in Sydney, got given a ticket for my birthday. Best present ever. he had base and sax with him.

[@beboplulala]

I was there... I was 15... really impressed.

[@canadianclaude]

was there as well but I was 24

[@thomyoung17]

saw him twice too young to see him in this era but thanks to KZbin I can go back in time

[@gnuPirate]

This was absolutely amazing. I also have a lot of admiration for the artists that work with Waits, who often get a bit buried behind his wonderful crazy voice. I thought Teddy Edwards absolutely killed in this. I was really amazed by his playing. And Greg Cohen's bass was really intelligently played, understated, and unobtrusive. These players really boosted the act.

[@SirPatriciaStewart]

Agree the bass walks like a strange dance perfectly under Waits, not clashing whatsoever

[@jasonkesser]

Thanks for sparing me having to look up who the bassist was

[@cowboyjoefrommexico-elsete3434]

I can't be the only s.o.b round these here parts who wishesTom would go thru his god-damn archives and release all such classic live performances on dawg-gone CD and vinyl, dagnabbit!

[@lareinedemado]

*I've just come here to join the crowd, 'cause I have some time to... kkkkk kiiill !!!!* Genius performance. Crazy poetry ✨

[@claudinaflores293]

What a trenendous artist, my God, he is a giant!! I`m argentinian and believe me I got just crazy!

[@josnijsten8731]

Blame God for being crazy. Thank Tom for his music.

[@FunkyTaurino]

Te quiero ahre

[@larrylinn8589]

It helps if you are crazy to appreciate Tom.

[@coriwallace4365]

I believe you

[@claudiociccozzi3499]

0:01 The One That Got Away 4:20 $29.00 9:25 Pasties and a G-string 13:45 Tango 18:19 Invitation to The Blues / Eggs and Sausage 25:52 Mr. Seigal 31:23 Mathilda (Tom Traubert's Blues) ❤ ❤ ❤

[@michaelluczak3019]

This era of Tom was the best.

[@robertcounts8253]

I'm 85 years into this adventure. Went down the waits long ago and can't 37:26 find the way out.

[@sethabel4315]

I'm glad to know that fourteen days before I was born, this man was grooving so hard.

[@anononomous]

Waits: "Anyone who has ever played a piano would really like to hear how it sounds when dropped from a 12th-floor window."

[@grdray2138]

You're an idiot if you dont like this.

[@alanyoung6847]

Tom channels Mark Twain, Kurt Vonnegut, Jack Kerouac and Thomas Pynchon along with his own deep blues funk. There is sill hope for the American narrative... How he is so dark and so light at the same time still amazes and delights me. I have been a devoted fan since the late 70s and he never fails to inspire me. Thanks to him and Kathleen cuz they are are great partnership.

[@TheRealTomWendel]

Have you read “Trout Fishing in America”? It’s the same kinda dark portrait of the underbelly with the same irreverent tone.

[@jimsmith1930]

Bukowski comes to mind

[@alanyoung6847]

yes absolutely true@@TheRealTomWendel

[@ukkfayooyay]

I have a soundboard recording -- absolutely gem quality -- of a Tom Waits concert from 1977 in Willimantic CT that was supposed to have been broadcast on the radio and never was. I copied the tape from a radio station I worked at in 1977. It is, far and away, the best concert he ever gave, and I have heard a lot of his concerts. He told little stories in between each song and each one was hysterical. I have the concert on two cassette tapes. I must upload it some day.

[@jandoets8825]

PLEASE do !!

[@ajeanlentine83]

I second that, I'd love to hear it!!

[@MKETSHOW117]

OH DEAR LORD PLEASE DO THAT (would you mind messaging me if you do?)

[@Wouldoo]

Dude, don't hesitate come on ;)

[@Kalashnikov1098]

ukkfayooyay please

[@develyn4853]

Tom - my friend when i really need one

[@Linkinbird617]

That transition from 'Invitation To The Blues' to 'Eggs and Sausage' is one of my favourite things in music.

[@webkahmik]

Damn. Must have been in the air then. A few months before this performance my high school mate and I threw down the most abstract maniacal poetry we could come up with, pounded at a recoiling upright with ferocity, screeching to the limits of our falsettos, etc etc. Tom, our spirit animal, though we didn't know him at the time.

[@simonb4689]

god i wish i was older than 1 year old when that happened so i could have been there...

[@thisiseverything2]

and I wish i was born

[@w.l.barlow8014]

Oh my! What a performance. Would have loved to have attended, and my Gratitude with Much Respect to Jan Doets for posting. My world is a much better place with this video in it.

[@jandoets8825]

it's a pleasure, W.L. !

[@johnkemp9835]

The best show I ever saw was Leon Redbone opening for Tom Waits-never heard of either of'em. Changed my life...

[@ronzbronz6043]

Santa Cruz 1978?...

[@johnkemp9835]

@@ronzbronz6043 Dallas, the time frame sounds just about right. Saw Leon a couple more times but never Tom.

[@bgabrio]

try as they might, no one will ever be this cool

[@woodytheduke]

Kieth Richards gets somewhat close to him

[@JOHNCONROY-j6g]

Saw him at Olympia in Dublin on the 81 tour.Been a fan ever since.A wonderful genius.

[@stevesullivan8705]

A major 20th Century American poet.

[@rjlchristie]

I experienced a show of that tour in NZ 1981/82 it was a mind-blowing experience, unforgettable. And the saxophone oozed the bluesiest lines.

[@MrNicolino1959]

I was at this performance since I live in Montreal and the jazz fest is such a huge thing here.....outdoors and free to walk around and have beer after beer....he was great!!

[@philmfan]

Waits in transition, in total command of everything he accomplished before and demonstrating hints of what was to come. Obviously his later stylistics had been brewing all along. Originally Waits was seen as a throwback, a guy just trying to resurrect dead styles, but he was an iconoclast and visionary all along, assembling a mulligan stew of various elements, continually adding new ones to taste, never the same thing all the time. Pinning Waits down to any preconceived notion is futile. This is one of the most interesting and most telling live performances of his I’ve seen.

[@kennethfox7318]

I saw this show in Cleveland, I believe it was the same year. Great memories

[@stevecarr5144]

Made me cry. especially "waltzing matilda". Hope I see him before I die.

[@normanwebb3806]

+Steve Carr; Go and Do just that! Chase that idea SC; you will tear up and let go for pure joy and appreciation of this legend. I did and his advice to me was "Don't Let It Get To YOU!" (typical)

[@musicloverkathy]

Few things are as beautiful as that song. On the Nickle is another one.

[@stevecarr5144]

@@musicloverkathy I like that tune too. You have great taste in music. My favorite from heartattack and vine is Ruby's Arms. Call me an old softie. I don't give a shit.

[@stevecarr5144]

@@normanwebb3806 He already got to me. I bought a couple of CD's in the early 90's namely John Lee Hooker and Tom Waits and the guy at the counter said " you ain't gonna buy no whiskey tonignt are ya??.

[@Bumerang-Papst_WinfriedGorny]

One of the greatest musicians and entertainers!

[@johncrimmins6314]

Saw him on this tour in Dublin '81. I was a Waits addict and this was a dream gig. Double Bass, sax and the genius in person.

[@thedolphin5428]

Did Dylan or Waits ever pass comment about the other's poetry? We sure can't compare their musical styles, but their lyrics are both very special.

[@MollyTubeify]

Saw him in Winnipeg '76 and Miami, this tour right here. Winnipeg just flat loved him and Miami was struck dumb. Double delight.

[@evertmasthoff9548]

the one en only Tom

[@homelyvillain]

thank god for tom waits the soundtrack of my dark lfe

[@musicloverkathy]

My late husband and I fell in love listening to Waits. He is an incomparable and mysterious. We saw him at Massey Hall in Toronto. We brought our own furniture.

[@shawnbruce6934]

He Always gets the Best Bands...That Says Something about his Musicianship...and a Respect Level...He is Awesome!!!

[@DonStabler]

Tom Waits Rain Dogs

[@bertbretherton]

Mesmerising genius. Timeless giant.

[@weipengsun586]

There's a time at a inferior bar in Beijing I lighted a cigg and sang ol' 55 just like him. I still remember that moment when no one understood what I was doing but I know that's the thing.

[@tempusfugit4545]

Wow! Always just ‘wow!’

[@pxg1773]

Man the tango

[@davidj.kleinsasser8673]

I saw Tom at the Convocation Hall, in Toronto just a few months before this performance. Been a total fan ever since....

[@TheSusiyp]

I'd love to see him in concert again. What a show. Makes me calm

[@afiday123]

Jealous

[@TheSusiyp]

Mike O'Flannigan You'll see him

[@b.bailey8244]

ohhhh.... that lucky audience! Superb tapestry of poetry, rhythm, melody!

[@Happyyz]

Long time overlooked artist for me finally explored in his beauty and agony, soulfull elegy to jazz poetry and performance brilliance. Thanks God for him and you for this video.🎷🤩

[@musicloverkathy]

That's a beautiful thing to say.

[@Маркус-ш3т]

Absolut genial der Künstler. Bin schon 30 Jahre ein fan von Ihm.

[@AnnaSavelxeva]

Как же он крут! Он ведь не только гениальный музыкант, но и потрясающий актер.❤❤❤

[@KarenKayH]

Only one: Tom Waits.

[@zrsbb]

That tango though. Loving that tango ❤️

[@0Imtheslime0]

This was done 2 days before i was born...Crazy..

[@hugovermeulen9596]

happy birthday !

[@exjazzer]

Thank the Gods for his music. Damn it was cool.

[@musicbrazilian7065]

I love Tom Waits your voice your songs are thoughtful full of life and originality. I am from Brazil I rarely like white north American music but this is outstanding art. I apreciatte it.

[@afiday123]

Waits is the man. Great lyrics an always a great band with him

[@leeMartin33]

+Mike O'Flannigan Lyrics.. `The Piano has Been Drinking` still makes me chuckle!

[@Julchenfahrer]

awesome, a century artist

[@galefreeman1356]

Genius

[@Voyeurrrr]

1st time watching this show&.... I'm speechless....wow.

[@Alfadason]

How has this video only 337.387 views?! How is it that people don't just blast it out their stereo via youtube every (other) day? If I was in the worst mood in the world: it would'nt be anything, "Mr. Seigal" couldn't get me out of... especially with that Invitation to the Blues/ Eggs and Sausage Medley before that. Or the "Pasties and a G-string"-song... man just SO cuttin' right to the chase (hopin' I used that right, English is my second language)... but HELL yeah ... abso-f**kin-lutely amazing, the whole thing. I'm overwhelmed, just every single time....!

[@2Juiceman]

As good as gets - A very soulful performance as only Tom can do it. "A wound that will never heal" - Thanks for the music - Juiceman

[@jandoets8825]

a pleasure !

[@antoniacleons4801]

Amazing Tom!

[@jocotti]

I"m going to watch this over and over again. ty for posting and ty Tom Waits.

[@aarondeakin7811]

That's the best version of Tom Traubert's blues I've heard yet

[@a.e.r.7745]

Wow, he's really kicking ass on that tango. Fantastic set. Genius delivery of song, poetry and character.

[@ccostello09]

That version of Tom Traubert's Blues is incredible.

[@jandoets8825]

Thanks, Callum, I have added to the title.

[@samsquanch1996]

Coolest person on the planet!

[@wildfloweratheart1111]

Very unique and beautiful voice

[@ORWELL_USA]

+lillovebuglily you CAN NOT modify "unique" with an adjective!

[@wildfloweratheart1111]

+Jeff .WEISS I just did so..

[@michaelluczak3019]

Great performance!

[@conilmusician]

I love this. Thank you for uploading, Jan.

[@stanhughes4308]

Wow! What a great concert! "Tango" is now #1 on my earworm list. Thanks so much for posting this, Jan, you're a solid dude.

[@Bumerang-Papst_WinfriedGorny]

... What about 29 Dollars? - My favorite....

[@nicholashayek5495]

A lot of it sounded like tango till they're sore to me (wouldn't be recorded for another 4 years)... wonder if he'd been working on it then

[@shanedeschambeault7654]

Today is my birthday and its also tom waits im from montreal so this feels feeting

[@johnnygault365]

Best video on youtube .......ever Thank you 54

[@flasheaux]

Saw Tom Waits perform around this time at the Danforth Music Hall in Toronto. Had the same hat and the same commitment to smoking cigarettes throughout the show. Might have been the same tour. Just amazing to hear him live. Caught two more shows from him after that including the Franks Wild Years show at Massey Hall. Absolute musical genius.

[@pstick9934]

At that show as well buddy

[@tovenrvik6336]

Thanks for sharing, really good, I ❤️Jazz ‼️The place I went out for a beer in the 90s, often had Tom Waits on their stereo, he's one of a kind ‼️

[@tonyleachman4613]

Fantastic Nice upload

[@lennycohenfan]

Simply amazing. I'm awed.

[@geekay1349]

a Tom Waits tune is alike a little movie

[@darylcumming7119]

Thanks an blast from the past. 😮❤

[@guytaylor7393]

Absolutely incredible

[@jaxpink4555]

oh, AND he's an incredible actor, just so ye know

[@yorgovalirakis6786]

wow, thank you for sharing this friend

[@Stlie1]

Thanks for posting. Tom helped teddy Edwards get an album released by singing a couple of songs on it. Worth checking out. Mississippi Lad

[@MartijnHover]

I think this show was on Dutch tv by the VPRO boadcasting company a long time ago. I used to have it on VHS tape, but it's been long lost. Thank you. :-)

[@davidpoole8840]

Well done J. D. Thanks for putting together a wonderful set of videos by my favourite artist The Great Tom Waits!

[@thomasprzyrowski3811]

too cool !!!!!

[@PavlosSta]

23:15 Best version of Eggs and Sausage

[@AlexK-bk2qv]

Oh yes

[@thebloodyshambles]

I just died and went to heaven!

[@hythamahmed7047]

best video online

[@staceyfriedrich2273]

AWESOME!!!

[@maryloucarl7399]

When I was 16 living in Montreal, I recorded the audio of this show from a TV show after my friend's sister saw it Live and loved it. Listened to this tape literally hundreds of time on my Sony Walkman. If you have the whole video please please upload it. One of my favorites from that show is Annie's back in town. I honestly don't know many of the studio versions of these songs LOL. Carl.

[@ckwrich1]

That's entertainment!

[@fernandaconceicao146]

Clive Richardson thats a show man ;tango cabaret circus .....the arena for a musical beast...... greatness.

[@pedroa.cantero9449]

¡Espléndido! Gran músico y excepcional intérprete.

[@mlwsf]

I always used to wonder how he got the pianos perfectly out of tune on his records, turns out he just beats the hell of them. Lol. I all seriousness though, it's mesmerizing to watch him play the piano.

[@bryanrizzuto3977]

Greg, you are my hero! I love all those 'little' things you do that are lost on most.

[@chrisdefebio7585]

The man. The myth. The best fishing mate to have around.

[@harrissimo]

This is fucking great!

[@chops5853]

This whole performance just makes me want to grab that last IPA from the fridge. Cower in the basement with the last few puffs from my vape pen. Stay up way longer than I know I should cuz I gotta go to the grocery store tomorrow even though it’s my day off work. Crawl into bed at 4am hoping my girlfriend doesn’t realize what time I went to bed cuz she has to work in the morning. And fall asleep with a smile on my face

[@mikehoage5261]

ya baby now thats very smooth cool daddy o