Son of Rogues Gallery: Pirate Ballads, Sea Songs & Chanteys is a compilation album of sea shanties and the follow-up to Rogue's Gallery: Pirate Ballads, Sea Songs, and Chanteys. The concept is the sam
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Thomas Alan Waits is an American singer, songwriter, composer and actor. His lyrics often focus on society's underbelly and are delivered in his trademark deep, gravelly voice. He began in the folk sc
Son of Rogues Gallery: Pirate Ballads, Sea Songs & Chanteys
…same as it was on the first album: artists representing a variety of genres perform cover versions of sea shanties. Performers include musicians like Tom Waits, Iggy Pop, Big Freedia, Patti Smith, Sean Lennon, Petra Haden, Dr. John, Nick Cave, Shane MacGowan, Macy Gray, Todd Rundgren, Courtney Love, Michael…
Waits in 2025
Waits as a high-school senior at Hilltop High School in Chula Vista, California in 1967. He dropped out at the age of 18.
The Troubadour in West Hollywood, where Waits's performances brought him to the attention of Herb Cohen and David Geffen
Waits met and had an intermittent romantic relationship with Bette Midler (pictured here in 1981) and collaborated with her on the song "I Never Talk to Strangers".