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Thomas Alan Waits (nacido en Pomona (California) el 7 de diciembre de 1949) es un pianista, cantante, compositor y actor estadounidense, famoso por sus canciones de tono áspero inspiradas en escritores de la generación Beat, en especial Jack Kerouac En 1967 comenzó a trabajar en los cabarets de Los Ángeles, ambiente que le influyó mucho para las canciones de su primer disco, Closing Time (1973), aunque este álbum se vio eclipsado por The Eagles y Tim Buckley, pero fue con el álbum Heart of Saturday Night (1974) el que dio a conocer su personal estilo. Más tarde en 1975 con...

WHITEWAITS is a side project by Rob Rowe of the band Cause and Effect. .

The kickoff of No Heaven Awaits Us dates back to 2000 when Piotr and Radek set up the band. Since they live in a small town the band has problems with the lineup... up till February 2001 when Michal joins the band as soon as he finds out about it. He stays for good, and it is these 3 people that make the hardcore of the band. During the first year of the band's existence many people come but then go and no-one remains until the bassist job is taken. Commitment comes along with stability in the lineup; the rehearsals...

Waits' bio reads like a Hollywood film, and by that I mean the drama came hard and fast for this woman. We're talking alcoholic father, a mother who squelched her daughter's early singing attempts out of jealousy before being murdered, and growing up in poverty in Louisiana. But while Waits' early life was tumultuous to say the least, that voice managed to prevail, and on her self-titled debut for the Radarproof label, we are shown why we are all the better for it. Just as capable of singing a torch song as getting down and dirty with the blues, Waits...