I might have fit this in with an earlier post today but I think this man deserves a post on his own since this is the best news in a long time and I just LOVE everything this guy does front to back and vice versa. No matter if it's the early blues infected stuff or the latest more experimental stuff. Nobody can beat this guy. 7 years it's been since the last Studio Album with all new material. Finally the wait is over and from what I can hear in the clip below I'll probably spin that thing like there's no tomorrow once I get my hands on it. I'm not going to pre-order though because I don't collect every pressing of his records. That would be a little to much for my taste. I'm quite satisfied with owning one of each his official full-length studio and live releases plus a few live boots. Well, unfortunately I do only own a bootleg of his highly acclaimed 1992 LP 'Bone Machine'. Which I don't like too much but with the high prices it fetches these days and the bootlegs out there I find it just a little too difficult to get a legit copy and not spend major dough on a knockoff. At least the bootleg I have is pretty well done and on nice black vinyl so I'm quite ok with it. The 7" collection is pretty small though but I will get to that sooner or later.
The new Album will be available everywhere they carry vinyl anyway so I'll have to find me a decent record store in Berlin where I will probably be working on the day of the release and rush there after work. Unfortunately I just realize that this situation will make it a little difficult to listen to the LP right away as most Hotels don't fit their rooms with record players these days. Bummer. But maybe a friend is into the idea of having a little 'Bad as me' release party. We'll see.
and while we're at it here is another awesome video clip but before that read this comment to the video. Just so you are prepared for what's going to happen:
"Holy crap, it's unbelievable. Tom Waits has more talent in a toe than most so-called artists will ever have.
I mean, how is it possible that ALONE he manages to do this? I know few artists who can express music so well with a whole band, and he does it by tapping his foot on a percussion instrument, breathing heavily and just plucking idly on a banjo. Holy crap indeed."
I did see an even better version of this song before but unfortunately cannot find it anymore so this will have to do. It's still better than anything else.
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