To mark the 25th anniversary of both Tom Waits’ Mule Variations and the record label Anti, an unreleased “Spiritual” rendition of the standout “Get Behind the Mule” has been unearthed for the first ...

The post Tom Waits Releases New Version of “Get Behind the Mule”: Stream appeared first on Consequence. Tom Waits is celebrating the 25th anniversary of his 13th studio album, Mule Variations. To help ...

In 1999, scraggly-voiced junkyard wizard Tom Waits released Mule Variations, his first album in six years. The big punk label Epitaph started its offshoot imprint Anti- specifically to release Mule ...

Included in Rolling Stone’s 100 Greatest Song Writers of All Time and a 2011 inductee into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Tom Waits is one of the most innovative artists in popular music. His ...

Mule Variations from 1999 is a fan favorite album from Tom Waits. “Take It With Me” is just one standout track from that album. This song is a divergence from the typical Waits song. Rather than ...

-William S. Burroughs. This seem true enough, and mine wants to live in that house. He whispers in my ear to leave almost everything behind. We get into these major fights about what stays and goes.

The tally includes Tom Waits, Eminem and Cassandra Wilson, who actually display some independence and depth. Tom Waits' Mule Variations and Randy Newman's Bad Love aren't necessarily the best albums ...

You can never quite pin down an artist as mercurial as Tom Waits. Even within the course of a single album, he’ll take you on such a wild ride that you won’t know what to expect from song to song.