Blogcritics Comments on The Friday Morning Listen: Tom Waits - Real Gone

Comment by Mark Saleski on The Friday Morning Listen: Tom Waits - Real Gone

Thu, 13 Mar 2008 09:55:57 EDT

yes, and i have every Pat Metheny recording stuffed into my ipod. ;-)

Comment by Eric Gagne on The Friday Morning Listen: Tom Waits - Real Gone

Thu, 13 Mar 2008 09:50:44 EDT

hey mark. i will go on that drive with you. imagine bouncing off of the appalachians blasting albert ayler!

Comment by Mark Saleski on The Friday Morning Listen: Tom Waits - Real Gone

Sat, 8 Mar 2008 06:05:10 EST

hmmm...well, the good news is that the tour plans are in fact true. the bad news is that i was hoodwinked by some internet trickery and my own lack of sleep. that link i used was dated 2008, but in fact contained 2006 content. maybe this means i won't have to drive to nashville after all. thanks angie.

Comment by Angie on The Friday Morning Listen: Tom Waits - Real Gone

Sat, 8 Mar 2008 04:18:45 EST

oh, guys, I hate to tell you this, but the link is to an article from 2006...this is the mini-tour.... before.... Orphans......so, Mr. Gibson, you have already seen this tour....or am I in some sort of time/space thing?

Comment by Donald Gibson on The Friday Morning Listen: Tom Waits - Real Gone

Fri, 7 Mar 2008 15:51:02 EST

He opened with "Make It Rain" at the show I saw; ended with "Heart Attack and Vine".

Comment by Mark Saleski on The Friday Morning Listen: Tom Waits - Real Gone

Fri, 7 Mar 2008 15:12:32 EST

stop it! i'm gettin' all misty-eyed. we saw him at a theatre in boston and were seated about 2/3 of the way back. it was still phenomenal. he opened with "Jockey Full of Bourbon". like an idiot, i turned down a pair of tickets for the next day's show (what was i thinking?!!)...then i read the review in the paper the next day: Waits came in from the back of the theatre with a bullhorn, opening with "Ladies & Gentlemen!!!!" from The Black Rider. nuts.

Comment by Donald Gibson on The Friday Morning Listen: Tom Waits - Real Gone

Fri, 7 Mar 2008 15:03:32 EST

I saw Waits at the Tabernacle in Atlanta in '06 and the floor was GA, so while getting a ticket was difficult, I didn't have to worry about scoring a good seat. Once the day of the show came, though, I had to camp outside the venue with a few hundred other fans for 5 hours to ensure that once the doors opened, I'd get a spot up at the stage (he played "Tango Til They're Sore" and "House Where Nobody Lives" on a piano two feet in front of me). It certainly was worth the effort, though. The show was one of the best, if not the best concert I've ever attended. - Donald

Comment by Mark Saleski on The Friday Morning Listen: Tom Waits - Real Gone

Fri, 7 Mar 2008 11:26:29 EST

well yeah! boston is certainly closer than nashville. it'll be like last time: tickets selling out in 2 minutes.

Comment by Donald Gibson on The Friday Morning Listen: Tom Waits - Real Gone

Fri, 7 Mar 2008 11:22:36 EST

It's an even longer drive to see Waits on the European leg of the tour he's planning. :) I've heard from sources that Boston will be on the itinerary, which is a lot closer (to you, I'm guessing) than Nashville. - Donald

Comment by Pico on The Friday Morning Listen: Tom Waits - Real Gone

Fri, 7 Mar 2008 09:11:08 EST

"Piece of dammit"??? Dude. Josh should be paying you, not vice versa.