TOM WAITS (INFLUENCES)

What this episode covers

This week, another fine lookin’ playlist from our man Rosko, with a selection of the many influences of Tom Waits. 1 Hound Dog – Big Mama Thornton 2 House of the Rising Sun – Leadbelly 3 Someone To Watch Over Me – George Gershwin 4 The Dirty Dozen No. 2 – Tampa Red 5 My Sweet Hunk O’Trash – Billie Holiday & Louis Armstrong 6 Dave Brubeck – Jack Kerouac & Steve Allen 7 Scrapple For The Apple – Charlie Parker 8 Criss-Cross – Thelonious Monk 9 Anything Goes – Cole Porter With Vince Giordano & The Nighthawks 10 Don’t You Just Know It – Huey “Piano” Smith & His Clowns 11 Hey Now Baby – Professor Longhair 12 Spoonful – Howlin’ Wolf 13 Dream Myself A Sweetheart – Clarence ‘Frogman’ Henry 14 Reaching Into In – Ken Nordine 15 My Funny Valentine – Chet Baker 16 St. James Infirmary – Bobby Bland 17 I Got The Blues – Dion & The Belmonts 18 Frankie & Johnny – Champion Jack Dupree 19 Let’s Go Get Stoned – Ray Charles 20 I Put A Spell On You – Screamin’ Jay Hawkins 21 Fire And Water – Wilson Pickett 22 That’s Alright – Mose Allison 23 Mr. President (Have Pity On The Working Man) – Randy Newman 24 Papa’s Got A Brand New Bag, Pt. 1 – James Brown 25 Dachau Blues – Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band

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