Tom Waits began in the early seventies as a pub singer with a penchant for Beat poets and West Coast jazz. At the end of the eighties Waits had been transformed into an equally brilliant and adventurous musician whose style was a cross between Howlin 'Wolf, Kurt Weill and Captain Beefheart. The theatrical stage animal also appeared successfully in several feature films. He also worked with the king
… of the avant-garde theater, Robert Wilson. Although Waits is considered a true cult artist his songs were sung by the most diverse artists: Rod Stewart and The Eagles to The Ramones.more