Dammit....I just can't find the time to do the Tom Waits concert on Wednesday night justice - wedding today and off to Aran Islands tomorrow for the weekend.
Fortunately lots of other people have managed to say what I wanted to say so here are some of my favourite reviews:
bomhemian.com
Irish Times
Jim Carroll Blog
He played for 2 hours 45 minutes, played a wide range of stuff including Tom Traubet's Blues (didn't think he played that anymore), Christmas Card From a Hooker, Hoist that Rag and lots of stuff from Real Gone, Mule Variations, Alice and other recent albums.
The venue was a circus tent and he was most definitely the Ring Master, conducting both his band and the audience and letting his body express the music when he wasn't singing; stomping and gyrating like a much younger man.
And his voice...oh his voice. Rough, lacking in clear diction, has seen better days...but oh so filled with emotion and beauty. The ache of heartbreak and despair hit on a gut level and the quips of a whimsical chancer between songs made you laugh just as deeply.
So, so, so glad I got to see him live. He did not disappoint.
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