Tim Buckley was the first major artist to record a Waits’ song from this album, Martha. Bette Midler sang it on SNL and in her Divine Madness Tour. The Eagle’s had a hit with ‘Ol 55
Tom Waits’ debut album was released yesterday in 1973 – RARE BETTE MIDLER & TOM
Today in rock history: Yesterday in history, Tom Waits released his debut album, Closing Time via Asylum Records. It was largely ignored by record buyers and made no impact on U.S. charts, but another Asylum band, The Eagles, covered one of its songs, “Ol’ ‘55” (Bette Midler and Tim Buckley also covered songs from the album (Martha)).
Below, is a photo of Bette Midler and Tom Waits rehearsing for a special live performance of “I Don’t Talk To Strangers” Surely, someone taped this.
Also, at the bottom, read about their relationship
Lowside of the Road: A Life of Tom Waits
By Barney Hoskyns
Paperback:
Kindle:
Just to say, I’m loving your new getup, Mr D!
I really needed to hear that cause I was crying like a baby after I gOt rid of the old one. I still have a lot to work to do on this one. I’ll write about more. One good thing is ts its smartphone ready xx
OMG Mister D, you weren’t kidding! Love the new look!! I don’t know how you do it, but it’s awesome!!! Wishing you all the best, as always!!!!
Thank you so much. I meant to post something. I did on FB, but I was up all night. Some things went missing but I it backed up. I hated it and started crying like a baby. It’s not near finished yet. There’s alotv you can do with this. Now its mobile frie?dly, ill be able to host my own photo and video galleries. And much much more. I didvBruces too. Gotta get shut eye. Xx