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Please Note: There are over 17 million websites referencing the incredible talent of Tom Waits.On his own official website www.tomwaits.com he says that he’s never had a hit and yet he has what might be describedeuphemistically as a ‘cult following’ of millions of people in every corner of the world.Even though there were hundreds of songs to chose from I’ve chosen to use the lyrics from only one of Tom Wait’s dazzlingalbums: The Heart of Saturday Night… because this is the one I’ve listened to at least a thousand timesIn researching for this article over the last few months, I studied, asked questions, wrote prolifically, read and watched andlistened to numerous interviews/discussions with Tom Waits and I found several of them poking fun at his edgy personality.People looked at me like I was doing card tricks for a dog.I was ashamed of most of these interviewers for their lack of respect for this incredibly luminous man... they were often trying tobe as cool as Tom… perhaps he was / is too clever for them to comprehend what he has to say and do. Then I stumbled acrossa few excellent insightful respectful non-judgmental interviews on the Anti-Records promos (2002). I found them to be the bestinterviews that drew out the most poignant responses and kept Tom Waits at a comfortable pace. Go through this Anti-Recordspromos series if you really want to see and hear The Man as if he was sitting right beside you… just shooting the breeze... easygoing...no artifice… genuine.www.youtube.com/watch?v=tri3FUT3pBo&feature=related.His is the music you turn on when working late at night with the lights way down low…Lynda Pogue is a published author, poet, columnist, professor, award-winning artist, international keynote speaker andworkshop leader. She has written for ARTisSpectrum Magazine for several years.She is represented by Agora Gallery in NYC, Pharand◊Art and ARTSPACE OAKVILLE in Canada and she invites you to visither website at www.lyndapogue.com.96 ARTisSpectrum