Tom Waits [1975.12.03] Coffee Break Concert [FM]

 

Tom Waits
WMMS Coffee Break Concert
Cleveland, Ohio, USA
December 3rd, 1975

WMMS-FM Broadcast Recording
Radio host: Kid Leo
Encoded: 320 Kbps MP3

Track List: (Artwork Included)
01. Drunk On The Moon
02. Interview
03. Eggs & Sausage
04. Interview
05. Better Off Without A Wife
06. Interview
07. Putnam County
08. Ol’ 55
09. Interview
10. Nighthawk Postcards
11. Interview
12. Warm Beer And Cold Women
13. The Ghosts of Saturday Night
14. The Heart of Saturday Night

Tom Waits: You wanna hear a story?
Kid Leo Yeah, I do. I haven’t heard a good one in a long time.

Tom Waits: Let’s see eh... Well I could do you a kind of a [snaps fingers] Vroooooooom... vroooooomm... vrooooooom... You know eh, it’s kind of a little inebriational travelogue here eh.. about eh It was kinda like say Well, hey look baby, I’ll be right back, I’m just going down the corner and get myself a pack of cigarettes see... And you know, you get down and you hit the bricks and you notice there’s kind of a Thunderbird move rolling across a muscatel sky... You see... You’re standing there down there on the corner of 5th and Vermouth, it’s a block away from the corner of Baby Why Did You Leave Me and Why Don’t You Please Come Back Home.
Kid Leo: Yeah! That’s Tom Waits a snappella. (laughs) Alright!
That was a hell of a monologue. 

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