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Tom Waits (born Thomas Alan Waits, in Pomona, California, on December 7, 1949) is a prolific American singer, songwriter, composer, and actor. He started his career in the early 1970s as a singer in spit 'n' sawdust bars. Initially, he was deeply influenced by the beat generation, novelists like Jack Kerouac and William S. Burroughs, and poets like Allen Ginsberg and Charles Bukowski. Waits is often compared to Charles Bukowski, being similar both in content and lifestyle Waits was unable to make a living from his music in the 70s because his classical bar music, based in pre-rock, and Americana,...

WHITEWAITS is a side project by Rob Rowe of the band Cause and Effect. .

The kickoff of No Heaven Awaits Us dates back to 2000 when Piotr and Radek set up the band. Since they live in a small town the band has problems with the lineup... up till February 2001 when Michal joins the band as soon as he finds out about it. He stays for good, and it is these 3 people that make the hardcore of the band. During the first year of the band's existence many people come but then go and no-one remains until the bassist job is taken. Commitment comes along with stability in the lineup; the rehearsals...

Waits' bio reads like a Hollywood film, and by that I mean the drama came hard and fast for this woman. We're talking alcoholic father, a mother who squelched her daughter's early singing attempts out of jealousy before being murdered, and growing up in poverty in Louisiana. But while Waits' early life was tumultuous to say the least, that voice managed to prevail, and on her self-titled debut for the Radarproof label, we are shown why we are all the better for it. Just as capable of singing a torch song as getting down and dirty with the blues, Waits...