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Thomas Alan Waits, Songwriter / Actor / Singer was born 12/7/1949 in [[Pomona]], California would keep a pad of paper and pencil by his bed as a child so that he could write down the lyrics he thought up in the middle of the night. He taught himself how to play the piano at a neighbor's house, and then learned the guitar. Waits got into the music business at an early age; [[Herb Cohen]] signed him to Asylum records in '71 ('discovered at a "Hoot Night" at [[The Troubadour]]). Tom Waits opened for [[The Mothers]] on a number of occasions, and sat in with the band at least twice: 8/11 and 11/9 of 1974. | Thomas Alan Waits, Songwriter / Actor / Singer was born 12/7/1949 in [[Pomona]], California would keep a pad of paper and pencil by his bed as a child so that he could write down the lyrics he thought up in the middle of the night. He taught himself how to play the piano at a neighbor's house, and then learned the guitar. Waits got into the music business at an early age; [[Herb Cohen]] signed him to Asylum records in '71 ('discovered at a "Hoot Night" at [[The Troubadour]]). Tom Waits opened for [[The Mothers]] on a number of occasions, and sat in with the band at least twice: 8/11 and 11/9 of 1974. | ||
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| + | Waits named [[Trout Mask Replica]] and [[The Yellow Shark]] as two of his favourite albums. (http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2005/mar/20/popandrock1) | ||
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[[Category:Bandmembers|Waits, Tom]] | [[Category:Bandmembers|Waits, Tom]] | ||
[[Category:Musicians|Waits, Tom]] | [[Category:Musicians|Waits, Tom]] | ||
| + | [[Category:Celebrity Fans|Waits, Tom]] | ||
Revision as of 20:25, 23 November 2010
Thomas Alan Waits, Songwriter / Actor / Singer was born 12/7/1949 in Pomona, California would keep a pad of paper and pencil by his bed as a child so that he could write down the lyrics he thought up in the middle of the night. He taught himself how to play the piano at a neighbor's house, and then learned the guitar. Waits got into the music business at an early age; Herb Cohen signed him to Asylum records in '71 ('discovered at a "Hoot Night" at The Troubadour). Tom Waits opened for The Mothers on a number of occasions, and sat in with the band at least twice: 8/11 and 11/9 of 1974.
Waits named Trout Mask Replica and The Yellow Shark as two of his favourite albums. (http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2005/mar/20/popandrock1)
