The Heart of Saturday Night

October 15: Tom Waits released The Heart of Saturday Night in 1974

Posted on by Hallgeir Olsen

Oceanside ends the ride
With San Clemente commin up
And Sunday desperados slip by
And cruise with a dry buck
And the Orange drive-in, neon billing
And the theaters filling to the brim
With Slave Girls, Hot Spur, Bucket Full of Sin
– Tom Waits, Diamonds on my windshield

The Heart of Saturday Night is the second studio album by singer and songwriter Tom Waits, released on October 15, 1974 on Asylum Records.

It is a fantastic album!

(Looking for) The Heart of Saturday Night and San Diego Serenade, PBS soundstage in 1975:

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Tom Waits Best Songs (4 very different lists)

Posted on by Egil Mosbron

Here are 4 very different lists (as might be expected).

Barney Hoskyns – Author of  the great book “Lowside of the Road: A Life of Tom Waits“

Published in his book in 2010 (before “Bad As Me” was released). Great book by the way.

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