Tom Waits - Real Gone 10/06/24 JC & AF This blend of bluster and

This blend of bluster and vulnerability is why The Replacements were perhaps the most beloved band of their era

while the bass parts were handled by both Tommy Victor and Danzig

each player is a powerful

and where the group has previously pushed toward electronics or guitars

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Tom Waits - Real Gone 10/06/24 JC & AF This blend of bluster andOn Real Gone, Tom Waits walks a fraying tightrope. By utterly eliminating one of the cornerstone elements of his sound keyboards he has also removed his safety net. With songwriting and production partner Kathleen Brennan, he strips away almost everything conventional from these songs, taking them down to the essences of skeletal rhythms, blasted and guttural blues, razor cut rural folk music, and the rusty edge poetry and craft of songwriting itself.