Saturday, December 07, 2019

Tom Waits

Happy Birthday, Tom Waits! 70 years old today. His 'Christmas Card from a Hooker in Minneapolis' is one of the greatest non-Christmas tracks that turned into a Christmas song (like Joni Mitchell's 'River' and Jona Lewie's 'Stop the Cavalry').


More versions? But of course:










And of course:

3 comments:

Evan said...

Have you heard "It's a Tom Waits Christmas" by Pony Death Ride? https://youtu.be/iNEh7k8zeAo

Guuzbourg said...

Ah, good one. I'll add it.

Pik-Cor said...

oh wow...I love this song...in all it's variations