Tom Waits' archive pairs BBC jazz with “The Fly”
A 1977 Old Grey Whistle Test set brings together songs from Small Change and The Heart of Saturday Night.
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Tom Waits - "Tom Traubert's Blues" (Live on The Human Factor)
“Tom Traubert's Blues” has two homes on Tom Waits' active video shelf: a standalone performance on The Human Factor and a place in his 1977 BBC set. With no new uploads this week, the former is drawing the most daily views, despite having been posted a year ago.
The more recently uploaded “Tom Waits – Live on The Old Grey Whistle Test (1977)” offers a fuller visit to that early repertoire. Recorded for BBC2 on May 3, it includes “Small Change,” “Tom Traubert’s Blues” and “Depot, Depot.” These are songs from before the clattering, experimental turn of Swordfishtrombones, with Waits' jazz and barroom storytelling close to the surface.
There is a different kind of character study in “Tom Waits - "The Fly" (Lyric Video),” also among the channel's most active titles. Written by Waits and Kathleen Brennan, it pairs Casey Waits' artwork with Sarah Sheikh Bridge's animation. The release calendar may be clear, but the subscriber count grew by about a thousand: a small expansion for a channel whose current attractions span vintage television and an animated insect.
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Which Tom Waits album originally includes “Tom Traubert's Blues”?
“Tom Traubert's Blues” opens Waits' 1976 album Small Change.