Bootleg, Playlist, Tom Waits

The Best Bootlegs: Tom Waits Tales From The Riverside (no audio, sorry)

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The Best Bootlegs: Tom Waits  Tales From The Riverside

A compilation of various tracks from various sources and I don’t think it was ever released commercially. But, quite a few of the songs has been released on Orphans and that’s why I’m inclined to call it a playlist rather than a bootleg. Anyway, I think it is a good compilation and one of the most played Tom Waits playlists in my home.

The track listing is taken right from the original artwork scans from the people at tomwaitsuper.blogspot.com (now sadly closed), with a few additions from myself.

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As we all know, the Tales From The Underground bootleg series is a great thing, for it features a huge collection of rare Tom Waits-songs that can’t be found on his official albums. Nevertheless, the folks who produced those bootlegs made some mistakes and forgot some great recordings. And there were a lot of new songs released after Tales From The Underground Volume 5 came out.

This compilation is meant as an addition to that great set.  It’s entitled Tales From the Riverside.

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Bob Dylan: Quinn The Eskimo, London 2003

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Ev’rybody’s building the big ships and the boats
Some are building monuments
Others, jotting down notes
Ev’rybody’s in despair
Ev’ry girl and boy
But when Quinn the Eskimo gets here
Ev’rybody’s gonna jump for joy
Come all without, come all within
You’ll not see nothing like the mighty Quinn

Shepherds Bush Empire Theatre
London, England
23 November 2003

  • Bob Dylan (vocal & piano)
  • Freddie Koella (guitar)
  • Larry Campbell (guitar, mandolin, pedal steel guitar & electric slide guitar)
  • Tony Garnier (bass)
  • George Recile (drums & percussion)

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April 30: Bruce Springsteen – New Orleans 2006
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David Grunfeld, Times-Picayune archive

In 2006, during the first Jazz Fest after Hurricane Katrina, Springsteen delivered what was arguably one of the most powerful and emotional performances in the festival’s four-decade history.
~Keith Spera, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune

Bruce and the band open the tour with a well received, emotional show at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival. The city was still recovering from the effects of Hurricane Katrina, and Bruce’s comments about the government handling of the crisis were appreciated by the audience. “How Can A Poor Man Stand Such Times And Live” is dedicated to President ‘Bystander’.
~brucebase

Start of the “Seeger Sessions” tour

Great versions of “Poor Man” (Great intro as well) & “My City In Ruins”.

New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival
New Orleans Fair ground
New Orleans,LA
April 30, 2006

  • Bruce Springsteen (vocals, acoustic guitar, harmonica)
  • Marc Anthony Thompson (acoustic guitar, backing vocals)
  • Patti Scialfa (backing vocals, acoustic guitar)
  • Frank Bruno (acoustic guitar, backing vocals, washboard)
  • Soozie Tyrell (violin, backing vocals)
  • Sam Bardfeld (violin)
  • Greg Liszt (banjo)
  • Marty Rifkin (pedal steel guitar)
  • Charles Giordano (piano, organ, accordion)
  • Jeremy Chatzky (upright bass, electric bass)
  • Larry Eagle (drums)
  • Lisa Lowell (backing vocals)
  • Curtis King Jr. (backing vocals)
  • Cindy Mizelle (backing vocals)
  • Art Baron (tuba, trombone)
  • Eddie Manion (saxophones)
  • Mark Pender (trumpet) (some shows)
  • Curt Ramm (trumpet) (some shows)
  • Richie “La Bamba” Rosenberg (trombone) (some shows)
  • Clark Gayton (trombone) (some shows)

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Bob Dylan: Tangled Up In Blue, Glasgow 2011 (video)

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Early one mornin’ the sun was shinin’
I was layin’ in bed
Wond’rin’ if she’d changed at all
If her hair was still red
Her folks they said our lives together
Sure was gonna be rough
They never did like Mama’s homemade dress
Papa’s bankbook wasn’t big enough
And I was standin’ on the side of the road
Rain fallin’ on my shoes
Heading out for the East Coast
Lord knows I’ve paid some dues gettin’ through
Tangled up in blue

Braehead Arena
Glasgow, Scotland
9 October 2011

  • Bob Dylan (vocal & keyboard)
  • Stu Kimball (guitar)
  • Charlie Sexton (guitar)
  • Donnie Herron (violin, mandolin, steel guitar)
  • Tony Garnier (bass)
  • George Receli (drums & percussion).

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Happy Birthday Willie Nelson

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My doctor tells me I should start slowing it down – but there are more old drunks than there are old doctors so let’s all have another round.
~Willie Nelson

We create our own unhappiness. The purpose of suffering is to help us understand we are the ones who cause it.
~Willie Nelson

He [Willie Nelson] takes whatever thing he’s singing and makes it his. There’s not many people who can do that. Even something like an Elvis tune. You know, once Elvis done a tune, it’s pretty much done. But Willie is the only one in my recollection that has even taken something associated with Elvis and made it his. He just puts his sorta trip on it…
~Bob Dylan (28 April 1993)

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Willie Nelson Induction into the Country Music Hall of Fame (1993):

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