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Orphans [music] : brawlers, bawlers & bastards
Title:
Orphans [music] : brawlers, bawlers & bastards
JLCTITLE245:
[music] : Tom Waits.
Publication Information:
Los Angeles : Anti, [2006]
Physical Description:
3 audio discs : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
General Note:
Title from disc label.

Blues rock songs, jazz rock songs, and blues.

All songs Waits/Brennan except as noted below.

Compact disc.
Abstract:
Goes beyond being just a basic Tom Waits retrospective by including a wide range of tracks, from cover songs to material recorded in the garage with his kids. This collection also captures his various musical styles.
Added Title Contained Works:
Lie to me.

Lowdown.

2:19.

Two nineteen.

Fish in the jailhouse.

Bottom of the world.

Lucinda.

Ain't goin' down to the well.

Ain't going down to the well.

Lord I've been changed.

Puttin' on the dog.

Putting on the dog.

Road to peace.

All the time.

Walk away.

Sea of love.

Buzz Fledderjohn.

Rains on me.

Bend down the branches.

You can never hold back spring.

Long way home.

Widow's grove.

Little drop of poison.

Shiny things.

World keeps turning.

Tell it to me.

Never let go.

Fannin Street.

LIttle man.

It's over.

If I have to go.

Goodnight Irene.

Fall of Troy.

Take care of all my children.

Down there by the train.

Jayne's blue wish.

Army ants.

Bone chain.

Two sisters.

First kiss.

Dog door.

Redrum.

Poor little lamb.

Altar boy.

Pontiac.

Spidey's wild ride.
Variant Title:
Portion of title: Brawlers, bawlers & bastards

Brawlers, bawlers and bastards
Contents:
Brawlers: Lie to me -- Lowdown -- 2:19 -- Fish in the jailhouse -- Bottom of the world -- Lucinda -- Ain't goin' down to the well / Huddie Ledbetter, John A. Lomax, Alan Lomax -- Lord I've been changed / traditional -- Puttin' on the dog -- Road to peace -- All the time -- The return of Jackie and Judy / Joey Ramone, Johnny Ramone, Dee Dee Ramone -- Walk away -- Sea of love / George Khoury, Philipe Baptiste -- Buzz Fledderjohn -- Rains on me / Waits, Weiss --

Bawlers: Bend down the branches -- You can never hold back spring -- Long way home -- Widow's grove -- Little drop of poison -- Shiny things -- World keeps turning -- Tell it to me -- Never let go -- Fannin Street -- Little man / Teddy Edwards -- It's over -- If I have to go -- Goodnight Irene -- The fall of Troy -- Take care of all my children -- Down there by the train -- Danny says / Joey Ramone, Johnny Ramone, Dee Dee Ramone -- Jayne's blue wish -- Young at heart / Carolyn Leigh, Johnny Richards --

Bastards: What keeps mankind alive / Kurt Weill, Bertolt Brecht -- Children's story / Georg Büchner's Woyzeck -- Heigh ho / Churchill, Morey -- Army ants -- Books of Moses / Alexander Lee Spence -- Bone chain -- Two sisters / traditional -- First kiss -- Dog door / Waits, Brennan, Linkous -- Redrum -- Nirvana / Charles Bukowski -- Home I'll never be / Kerouac, Waits -- Poor little lamb / Kennedy, Waits -- Altar boy -- The Pontiac -- Spidey's wild ride -- King kong / Daniel Johnston -- On the road / Kerouac, Waits.
Credits:
Written and produced by Tom Waits/Kathleen Brennan.
Performer:
Tom Waits, guitar, keyboard, pump organ, percussion, vocals ; with Anges Amar, whistles ; Charlie Musselwhite, harmonica ; Ara Anderson, Paul "Hollywood" Litteral, trumpet ; Bob Funk, trombone ; Nic Phelps, horns ; Bebe Risenfors, clarinet ; Bart Hopkins, bamboo clarinet ; Crispin Cioe, Arno Hecht, Colin Stetson, saxophone ; Carla Kihlstedt, violin ; Darrel Devore, circular violin ; Eddie Davis, banjo ; Joe Gore, Marc Ribot, Mike Knowlton, Larry LaLonde, guitar ; Bobby Black, steel guitar ; Mark Linkous, guitar, bass, drums ; Seth Ford-Young, Larry Taylor, Matt Brubeck, Greg Cohen, bass ; Guy Klesevik, accordion ; Bent Clausen, piano ; Gary Knowlton, keyboards ; Mitchell Froom, chamberlain ; Casey Waits, drums ; Michael Blair, drums, percussion ; Brain, percussion ; Bobby Baloo, boulders, cowbells ; Tom Nunn, the bug ; Richard Waters, waterphone ; also with John Hammond, harmonica ; Nolan Smith, Chris Grady, trumpet ; Tom Yoder, trombone ; Dan Plonsey, clarinet ; Ralph Carney, saxophone ; Harry Cody, banjo ; Dave Alvin, Brett Gurewitz, Ron Hacker, Sullivan Waits, guitar ; Les Claypool, Adam Lane, Eric Perney, Mike Silverman, Matthew Sperry, Leroy Vinnegar, Trevor Horn, bass ; Dan Cantrell, accordion ; Steve Prutsman, Francis Thumm, piano ; Billy Higgins, drums ; Andrew Borger, Stephen Hodges, Gino Robair, Steve Foreman, Jeff Sloan, Ray Armando, percussion.
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