“Tom Waits: The Early Years”

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A very hip Tribute to Tom Waits, A neo-beatnik songwriter who grew weirder and wilder in the '80s, earning a cult following that only grew larger as the years passed. Genre: Swampy blues, Beat poetry, West Coast jazz, Tin Pan Alley, country, 1930s-era cabaret, and post-Civil War parlor songs meet neon-lit carnival music and wheezing, clattering, experimental rhythms. Presented by Jonathan Pearlman and Alien Music Club.