Thomas Alan Waits (born December 7, 1949) is an American singer, songwriter, composer, and actor. His work is known for its focus on society’s margins and for his unmistakable deep, gravel‑textured voice. Waits began performing in the folk scene of the 1970s, but from the 1980s onward his music expanded to incorporate influences from rock, jazz, Delta blues, opera, vaudeville, cabaret, funk, and experimental approaches that at times verge on industrial soundscapes. Critics have often highlighted his ability to portray vivid, emotionally complex characters. Writer Jim Fusilli has described him as a perceptive chronicler of people living on the edges of society, capable of creating characters who, despite hardship or confusion, reveal unexpected insight. His distinctive vocal tone has been famously compared by Daniel Durchholz to something “soaked in bourbon, smoked for months, and then run over by a car.” Waits was born in Pomona, California, into a middle‑class family, and later moved to Whittier in 1949. His childhood home on Kentucky Avenue — and briefly Pickering Avenue — became an important source of imagery in his later storytelling. Inspired by Bob Dylan and writers of the Beat Generation, he began performing on the San Diego folk circuit, marking the start of his long and unconventional artistic career.
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Waltzing Matilda
Hold On
Bottom of the World
Walk Away
No One Knows I’m Gone
I Hope I don’t Fall in Love with You
Bad As Me
Satisfied
Hell Broke Luce
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