Sep 23, 2015
Sam and Martin debate Waits’s influences as a singer and performer and his relationship to Frank Sinatra, and the ways they break expectations of songs and draw audiences in. Marble eggs also feature somehow.
Song by Song is Martin Zaltz Austwick and Sam Pay; two musicians listening to and discussing every single Tom Waits track in chronological order.
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Music extracts used for illustrative/review purposes
include:
Little Trip to Heaven (On the Wings of Your Love), Closing Time,
Tom Waits (1973)
In The Wee Small Hours Of The Morning, In The Wee Small Hours,
Frank Sinatra (1955)
We think your Song by Song experience will be enhanced by hearing, in full, the songs featured in the show, which you can get hold of from your favourite record shop or online platform. Please support artists by buying their music, or using services which guarantee artists a revenue - listen responsibly. Never, ever, listen to the music of Frank Sinatra.