Tom Waits and Kathleen Brennan, 1982 (Robin Platzer/Getty Images) Over 40 years of loving Bob and still he astounds… his vodka paintbrush of absurdity, vaudeville, heartbreak and forgiveness and ...

Tom Waits reached back to his classic ballad style for "House Where Nobody Lives". The 1999 classic highlighted his album 'Mule Variations'.

Waits’ gritty Rain Dogs depicted a dark vision of New York’s underbelly, and was shaped by its ‘junkyard orchestra’ of ...

One of Waits’ most mournful songs is ‘Georgia Lee’, written after he heard about the discovery of a 12-year-old girl’s body nearby where he lived.

Whenever Tom Waits and his wife and longtime collaborator Kathleen Brennan pay tribute — or write seemingly anything — it is in the unique tone that has been a hallmark of his and their creative work ...

Over 40 years of loving Bob and still he astounds… his vodka paintbrush of absurdity, vaudeville, heartbreak and forgiveness and imagination of the infinite is still wet and painting backdrops ...