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Tom Waits 톰 웨이츠

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Thomas Alan Waits (born December 7, 1949) 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 scene during the 1970s, but his music since the 1980s has reflected the influence of such diverse genres as rock, jazz, Delta blues, opera, vaudeville, cabaret, funk and experimental techniques verging on industrial music. Jim Fusilli calls him "A keen, sensitive and sympathetic chronicler of the adrift and downtrodden" who "creates three-dimensional characters who, even in their confusion and despair, are capable of insight and startling points of view." His unique voice was described by Daniel Durchholz as sounding "like it was soaked in a vat of bourbon, left hanging in the smokehouse for a few months, and then taken outside and run over with a car." Tom Waits was born into a middle-class family in Pomona, California, who then moved to Whittier in 1949.

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Tom Waits (톰 웨이츠) — verified Korean artist. Agency: Asylum Records.

Details

• Genre: experimental music, rock music, blues
• Awards: Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
• Born: December 7, 1949
• Birthplace: Pomona, California
• Nationality: American
• Occupations: singer, songwriter, composer and actor
• Name: Tom Waits
• Birth Date: 1949년 12월 7일
• Profession: 싱어송라이터 겸 배우

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• MusicBrainz lists the Korean name as Tom Waits; KoreaAPI uses 톰 웨이츠 (chosen by source authority).

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