Friday, May 16, 2008

tired Tom Waits fan

That's about how I feel at the moment. I have dragged my sorry ass out of bed early this morning, on my day off, to try and score some Tom Waits tickets. We'll see how it goes. On the last tour I wasn't crazy about the fit between the music and Duke Robillard's guitar stylings. It was fine mind you, and I enjoyed the show, but Marc Ribot is the Tom Waits guitar player as far as I'm concerned. And having checked out the new guy for this tour I'm a little skeptical. He seems slick: too rounded, smooth surfaces, no grit. But we'll see.

addendum: the early bird gets the ridiculously expensive worm. I guess it'll be a wedding present to ourselves.