eBook Tom Waits: Mule Variations ePub

About Mule Variations. In describing the origin of the album title, Tom Waits said in a 1999 interview: My wife said, I didn’t marry a man, I married a mule. That’s what she said. You know, it’s like the Goldberg Variations. Only these are the mule variations.

About Mule Variations. People don’t write as much about animals as they should. Perhaps they will now in the future, I don’t know. No, it’s just one of those titles that stuck. I don’t know what people are going to think Mule Variations are. We’d done the song, Get Behind the Mule. We’d done it several times.

20 years ago today, Tom Waits’ Grammy winning album, Mule Variations, was first released. Mule Variations built on the ideas of Waits’ revolutionary 80's and 90's work. It’s considered by many to be his warmest and most direct wor. .The blues abounds throughout. This album was widely acclaimed upon its release for its humanity, and its songs as a testament to Tom Waits legacy as one of the most important songwriters in America.

This is Tom Waits' 19th album in a career spanning nearly three decades. The most bluesy to date. has been added to your Cart.

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Thomas Alan Waits (born December 7, 1949) is an American singer, songwriter, musician, composer, and actor. His music is characterized by lyrics focusing on the underside of society, delivered in his distinctively deep, gravelly voice

Thomas Alan Waits (born December 7, 1949) is an American singer, songwriter, musician, composer, and actor. His music is characterized by lyrics focusing on the underside of society, delivered in his distinctively deep, gravelly voice. During the 1970s, he worked primarily in jazz, but since the 1980s his music has reflected greater influence from blues, vaudeville, and experimental genres.