Tom Waits - "Make It Rain" & Interview (Live on David Letterman, 2004)

Tom Waits interview & performance of "Make It Rain" from the album 'Real Gone' live on the Late Show with David Letterman on September 9, 2004
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[@mtroy0620]

Tom Waits, a true American Original of whom we can be very proud.

[@b.b.2167]

I just discovered Tom an hour ago and I have to say I am thoroughly entertained by his entire way of being. His style is all his own and nobody else is like him and that makes him a nearly extinct species!

[@peterenis8447]

You'll have the most amazing journey through his work

[@pretorious700]

Da Fuque?

[@guilianomelki6407]

I wish i could discover tom waits again for the first time

[@rhinomechanics8423]

@@guilianomelki6407 Check out the CD "Alice "

[@vtheb1299]

I remember when I discovered Tom Waits. I basically stopped listening to any other music. Come to think about it, not much has changed 😅

[@Michaelth55]

This is the first song I ever heard by Tom Waits. I’m about 2 years deep on this rabbit hole of amazing music

[@poppinandrottin]

First song i remember hearing from Waits is Hold on. We have two songs with quite different vibes here.

[@Michaelth55]

@@poppinandrottin and they are both fantastic songs

[@sigmasquadleader]

Man has got like 35 albums and EPs and a career spanning 5 decades, you got a long way to go!

[@wernerstapela4616]

@@Michaelth55 you're right "on the nickel" there😘

[@lazylion420]

for those keeping tabs at home.. that's Judah Bauer on drums and Russell Simins with the telecaster, both from Blues Explosion, and Larry Taylor from Canned Heat holding it down on the upright bass.. I'm so incredibly envious of the audience who just went to a Letterman taping one afternoon and had this absolute masterpiece presented to them for free

[@axelb.o.7963]

Man I so wish this line-up have toured at some point

[@AbbyNormal777]

I can't even remember my family's name.

[@richardstephens8339]

Isn’t it the other way around? Russell on drums and Judah on guitar?

[@richardeasther2569]

Tom is a force of nature

[@sigmasquadleader]

It's the one you don't say aloud when the wind stops blowing, especially if there's whiskey and mirrors near-by.

[@tgkkslavens]

His comedic tempo in the interview before his set. 👏 👏 👏

[@MegnaMan]

Honestly if he had put his mind to comedy instead of music I'm sure he would have been just as famous

[@dmlevitt]

total genius. one of a kind. lucky to have this guy with us. make it rain. Love and respect.

[@Samuraimindset-]

Damn that's awesome. Mad soul and passion set this man on fire. I almost believe he very well could make it rain.

[@mattyq9130]

Ohhh yeh that voice...wowww and that guitar tone yum...the whole sound

[@juanbonham]

Blues Explosion!!

[@davidfloren5339]

John Spencer would love this song.

[@JONNYSORENSEN_AU]

I been listening to so much waits that it actually rained here in perth. Secret is dont stop listening. Dont stop Waitin'

[@monicabetti2058]

I ❤️you Tom. Your voice makes me fly

[@TeaSea-]

Thanks I'm Tom Cullen

[@TeaSea-]

And I wish I had a pinch of that man's talent

[@a.e.r.7745]

This is pain relief! It's raining hard here now ~ Nor-Cal!

[@juliehobbs7938]

It’s been raining here for weeks. Southern California, wtf?

[@madelinewise8692]

A light in this world. Love you Tom.

[@tpguitars]

Larry Taylor such a beast on the bass

[@Rain_power]

So much groove with so little. Amazing stuff.

[@779Angel]

Phenomenal performance and song

[@ericdarmoise]

Excellent personnage - Bravo Tom pour tes chansons que j'adore

[@prideh.easttown3730]

He is unique.. I was curious after his song was sang in Norwegian the voice 2023. waltzing Matilda.

[@Lit1000H]

Those beats though

[@STAMPER-DESIGN]

DAMN!

[@luludelasnubes]

Tom with Judah & Russel !! YEAH !

[@palacecat]

Holy geez goooood catch!!

[@kconetwothree6547]

Damn... 2/3 of JSBX... Tom is forever surprisingly cool

[@AngieOwlglass]

My Favorite!

[@clovrmay3104]

❤❤❤❤❤

[@dr.horror9046]

I wonder if that audience had any idea what they were just hearing. Like did they have any idea? Realgone is on of the greatest albums of all time.

[@angelinakorg7417]

♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️

[@chess4326]

The best, jewelry, thunder tom

[@phil.d-roll6393]

Niice

[@fiftystatebanana]

Judah Bauer and Russell Simins, they get after it, too. Larry, also getting it while the spell was on em. All around like weather vanes while juicy Tom was stretching that suit and howling. Made my neck hairs stand up and a sweater fall off my eyebrows and all that.

[@AbbyNormal777]

Cool prose 😎

[@sirbanjorochambeaux]

most unexpected yet appropriate strip club song... i love you, Tom.

[@georgeb.wolffsohn30]

Don't ever , don't ever . . . Tom I totally commiserate with you on the homework question.

[@carrollbj9768]

Who knew horses drew pictures on their stable doors with their teeth? Thanks Tom ;-)

[@kconetwothree6547]

RIP Larry Taylor...

[@calebking4638]

This is the sound that my heart screams constantly, as i remain silent, and stone faced to a big fucking bag of stupids who didn't have the 'since' to just let the rain make it rain. Now we're all on fire, and still nobody has a goddamn light. We're a sorry lot indeed. In deed a saw ree lawt n deet.

[@mikepanasitti6726]

Zio Tomaso. Mil gratz, but when does the killing stop?

[@dzmitryv.krukau4327]

rendering "every single" word

[@MikaelLewisify]

I’ve yet to see a boring Tom Waits interview.

[@rebtolentino4343]

What if JIM MORRISON & TOM WAITS COLLABORATE? IT'LL SURELY BE SHOCKING TO FUCKING PERFECT PEOPLE !!!

[@MikaelLewisify]

That might be tricky...considering Morrison is dead.

[@adrock1011]

I love the doors… but jim morrison would onlh drag waits down. Why handcuff him?

[@adrock1011]

@@MikaelLewisify jim morrison was dead before waits recorded his first demo

[@MikaelLewisify]

@@adrock1011 errr..ok

[@jasonchicoine4282]

I was told horses crib when they have worms, the wood help get rid of them naturaly

[@georgeb.wolffsohn30]

Free the horses ! ! ! Nevermind the glutens.

[@jsbx3492]

judah bauer-doesn’t get more cool than that

[@philipd7749]

I stand alone here

[@vtheb1299]

All those decades of chain smoking have culminated in this moment 😅

[@georgeb.wolffsohn30]

HA, HA, HA ! ! ! The captions feature doesn't speak Waits.

[@pilarpaesbarreto7954]

Reinfield

[@sigmasquadleader]

Horses crib because they are bored, and it becomes a compulsive and self-destructive habit, like chewing on your own fingernails. Horses in nature don't crib, but they also don't eat hay and don't often live 25+ years.

[@stpatstablet0652]

Im watching this and comparing it to recent interviews Letterman's done with Kim Kardashian and comparing!! What the hell has happened in the world??