That’s why, entering their contorted world where even Waits would look like a weirdo, John approaches his friend’s Weimaresque America from the inside, applying a personal filter to the demimonde he highlights here, on the Bremen stage. Then, an artist can’t simply step into Tom’s tracks to appropriate them they must be inhabited and worn like skin. First of all, it was one thing to record a compendium of Tom Waits’ latter-day laments and revels, and something completely different to have purged Hammond’s performances of his own classics in favor of those glorious covers. ![]() isn’t averse to taking risks, yet taking his “Wicked Grin” album on the road back in 2002 seemed perilous even for this barrelhouse veteran. Paying a homage to Tom Waits, venerated singer-songwriter explores a grimy realm of shadows and takes his flock for a ride.
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