Known for his growling vocals and for the distinct poetry of his lyrics, Tom Waits has amassed over the course of three decades a devoted cult following.
If Charles Bukowski, Lord Buckley, Jelly Roll Morton, Jack Kerouac, Little Richard, Bill Evans and Howlin' Wolf were all locked in a room 'til they came up with something, it'd probably sound nothing like Tom Waits.
Hard Ground unites Michael O'Brien's compelling photographs and Tom Waits's powerful poetry to reveal our common humanity with the men, women, and children who survive on the street
. . . People who really know what happened aren't talking. And the people who don't have a clue, you can't shut them up.&” Tom Waits on Tom Waits is a selection of over fifty interviews from the more than five hundred available.