MARC Record from Library of Congress

LEADER: 01540cam a22002534a 4500
001 2008037538
003 DLC
005 20090121150341.0
008 080825s2009 ctu bkq 001 0deng
010 $a 2008037538
020 $a9780313349065 (alk. paper)
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dDLC
050 00 $aML420.W13$bK47 2009
082 00 $a782.42164092$222
100 1 $aKessel, Corinne.
245 14 $aThe words and music of Tom Waits /$cCorinne Kessel.
260 $aWestport, Conn. :$bPraeger Publishers,$cc2009.
300 $axiv, 176 p. ;$c24 cm.
490 0 $aThe Praeger singer-songwriter collection,$x1553-3484
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [157]-168), discography (p. [133]-1360), filmography (p. [137]-143), and index.
505 0 $aLife and works, in brief -- Music, instrumentation, and voice. Night on earth: a nomadic soundtrack ; Dirty water on a swordfishtrombone ; A voice from the gutter ; The black box -- Tom's Wanderers: character and narrative in the music of Tom Waits ; Nighthawks and tire tramps ; Rain dogs ; The pianist has been drinking ; Black market babies ; The only kind of love ; Soldier's things and sailor's dreams ; Train songs ; The wild years ; Human oddities ; A little drop of poison: outlaws and bandits ; Crossroads ; Sururalism -- Beautiful maladies: Tom Waits' realism ; Closing time.
600 10 $aWaits, Tom,$d1949-$xCriticism and interpretation.
650 0 $aPopular music$zUnited States$xHistory and criticism.
650 0 $aMotion picture music$zUnited States$xHistory and criticism.