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Low Side Of The Road

Tom Waits (Barney Hoskins)

With all the scare tactics that Tom & Kath piled on proposed contributors, it’s a miracle Barney didn’t just give up on the project. As it turns out, I didn’t read anything that the pair could get annoyed about. It is mainly a journey through Tom’s recording career detailing every recording he’s made to date. Offering no tittle tattle celebrity nonsense, just concentrating on the main subjects craft of song writing and his recording process along with the associated tours. After a few albums it may become a little laboured to a casual reader. It's almost a refrance book. But I found it a rewarding companion to re discovering many of his tracks that I had overlooked on some of his albums.

There was no point to repeat listing his tracks here, as there is a full discography including lyrics and selected tracks to listen to at TomWaits.com. However here is the list that Barney presents as his personal favourite at the back of the book plus a pictorial album discography.

Copyright Julian White © 2005 - 2011

Barney Hoskins Top 40 Tom Waits Tracks

1. Tom Traubert's Blues - Small Change - 1976
2. Take It With Me - Mule Variations - 1999
3. Goin' Out West - Bone Machine - 1992
4. Broken Bicycles - Music From The Original Motion Picture "One From The Heart" - 1982
5. Heartattack And Vine - Heartattack And Vine - 1980
6. Kentucky Avenue - Blue Valentine - 1978
7. Ol' 55 - Closing Time - 1973
8. Burma Shave - Foreign Affairs - 1977
9. Hoist That Rag - Real Gone - 2004
10. Such A Scream - Bone Machine - 1992
11. Muriel - Foreign Affairs - 1977
12. Temptation - Franks Wild Years - 1987
13. Potter's Field - Foreign Affairs - 1977
14. What Keeps Mankind Alive - Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers & Bastards [Disc 3] - 2006
15. Lowside Of The Road - Mule Variations - 1999
16. Christmas Card From Hooker In Minneapolis - Blue Valentine - 1978
17. Shore Leave - Swordfishtrombones - 1983
18. Ruby's Arms - Heartattack And Vine - 1980
19. Pony - Mule Variations - 1999
20. (Looking For) The Heart Of Saturday Night - The Heart Of Saturday Night - 1974
21. I Beg Your Pardon - Music From The Original Motion Picture "One From The Heart" - 1982
22. 16 Shells From A Thirty-Ought-Six - Swordfishtrombones - 1983
23. Cemetery Polka - Rain Dogs - 1985
24. On The Nickel - Heartattack And Vine - 1980
25. Eggs And Sausage (In A Cadillac With Susan Michelson) - Nighthawks At The Diner - 1975
26. Blue Valentines - Blue Valentine - 1978
27. What's He Building? - Mule Variations - 1999
28. Mr Henry - Bounced Checks - 1980
29. $29.00 - Blue Valentine - 1978
30. Hold On - Mule Variations - 1999
31. Blind Love - Rain Dogs - 1985
32. I'm Still Here - Alice - 2002
33. Jitterbug Boy - Small Change - 1976
34. Saving All My Love For You - Heartattack And Vine - 1980
35. Walking Spanish - Rain Dogs - 1985
36. Johnsburg, Illinois - Swordfishtrombones - 1983
37. Whistle Down The Wind - Bone Machine - 1992
38. Soldier's Things - Swordfishtrombones - 1983
39. I Don't Wanna Grow Up - Bone Machine - 1992
40. Closing Time - Closing Time - 1973

Albums

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