Tom Waits attended the Festival Bafici in Buenos Aires this past weekend. Apparently, he performed "You Can Never Hold Back Spring" (from the recent Roberto Benigni film, La Tigre E La Neve) as well as the crowd-favorite "Tom Traubert's Blues." Lousy recordings of these performances can be found via a quick search on YouTube.
The following clip isn't all that swell either, but, if you can make it out, the story of fronting for Frank Zappa is worth a listen:
Incidentally, if you've never seen the wonderfully stylized opening to La Tigre E La Neve, in which Waits performs "You Can Never Hold Back Spring," check it out:
I love the clarinetest sitting in the wheelchair with the rainbow blanket over his legs: classic.
The following clip isn't all that swell either, but, if you can make it out, the story of fronting for Frank Zappa is worth a listen:
Incidentally, if you've never seen the wonderfully stylized opening to La Tigre E La Neve, in which Waits performs "You Can Never Hold Back Spring," check it out:
I love the clarinetest sitting in the wheelchair with the rainbow blanket over his legs: classic.
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