Tom Waits
MUSICIANS AND BANDS
Beck
Beefheart, Captain
Belafonte, Harry
Bennett, Tony
Bernelle, Agnes (German singer from the 40’s)
Bernstein, Elmer
Bobby Blue Bland
Brave Combo (Texan band)
Brown, James
Brown jr., Oscar (composer, singer)
Buckley, Lord
Carney, Ralph
Caruso
Cash, Johnny
Cave, Nick
Chapman, Mississipi Sam
Charles, Ray
Clark, Guy
Cline, Patsy
Cohen, Leonard
Collapsing New Buildings (= Einsturzende Neubaten)
Collins, Cryin‘ Sam (blues)
Continental Club
Costello, Elvis
Cramer, Floyd
Crosby, Bing
Czech-Bavarian bands
Davis, Miles
DeVille, Mink
Dock Bogs
Draper, Ruth
Dylan, Bob
Ellington, Duke
Elliot, Ramblin‘ Jack (blues)
Evans, Bill
Feldman, Victor
Fishbone
Ford, Tennessee Ernie (blues)
Fureys,The (Irish band)
Gaillard, Slim
Gould, Glenn
Grappelli, Stephane
Guthrie, Woody
Harry Partch Ensemble
Hicks, Bill
Hidalgo, David
Hopkins, Lightnin‘ (blues)
Horton, Johnny
Hurt, Mississippi John
Ice-T (rap artist)
Jack, Wolfman
Jackson, Mahalia
Jagger, Mick
James, Skip (blues)
Jefferson, Blind Lemon (blues)
Jefferson, Eddie
Johnson, Robert (blues)
Kirk, Sir Joseph (sousaphone player)
Lara, Augustine
Latin Playboys
Leadbelly (blues)
Lomax, Alan
Los Lobos
Los Tres Aces
Lounge Lizards, The
Lurie, John
Mabley, Moms (blues)
McCormick, John (Irish tenor)
Mercer, Mabel
Minny, Memphis (blues)
Monk, Thelonious
Monro, Matt
Monty Rock III
Moondog
Morton, Jellyroll (blues)
Mull, Martin
Neruda, Pablo
Newman, Randy
Nordine, Ken
Norman, Jessye
One-string Sam (blues)
Partch, Harry
Patton, Charlie (blues)
Piaf, Edith (French 40s singer)
Piazolla, Astor (Argentinian tango composer)
Pogues, The (Irish band)
Porter, Cole (musician, composer)
Portishead
Prima, Louis
Prince
Reinhardt, Django
Replacements, The
Richards, Keith
Robbins, Marty
Rolling Stones, The
Rollins, Henry
Salvation Army band
Scott, Little Jimmy (blues)
Serling, Rod
Shaw, Tom (blues)
Shearing, George (composer, jazz instrumentalist)
Son House (blues)
Sparklehorse
Springsteen, Bruce
Staple Singers, The
Sudden, Nikki
Sumac, Yma
Tharpe, Sister Rosetta (blues)
The Dirty Dozen
Thumm, Francis
Tin-Pan Alley
Tosh, Peter
Tricky
Vallee, Rudy
Waller, Fats
Washington, Dinah
Waters, Muddy (blues)
Weiss, Chuck E.
White, James
Whiteman’s orchestra, Paul
Williams, Lucinda
Wolf, Howlin‘ (blues)
Wonder, Stevie
WRITERS, POETS AND COMPOSERS
Berlin, Irving (composer)
Brown jr., Oscar (composer, singer)
Bukowski, Charles (beat poet)
Burroughs, William (beat poet)
Carmichael, Hoagy (composer)
Corso, Gregory (beat poet)
Dorough, Bob (composer)
Gershwin, George and Ira (composers)
Ginsberg, Allen (beat poet)
Kern, Jerome (composer)
Kerouac, Jack (beat poet)
McCarthy, Cormac (writer)
McCullers, Carson (writer)
McDonald, John D. (writer)
McInnes, Collin (writer)
McMurtry, Larry (writer)
Mercer, Johnny (composer)
Morricone, Ennio (composer)
Nino Rota (composer)
Nordine, Ken (king of voice-overs and creator of Word Jazz)
O’Connor, Flannery (writer)
Pancake, D.J. (writer)
Porter, Cole (musician, composer)
Prokofiev (composer)
Rachmaninoff (composer)
Rechy, John (writer)
Runyon, Damon (writer)
Sanders, Ed (beat poet)
Satie, Eric (composer)
Schoenberg (composer)
Schwartz, Delmore (beat poet)
Selby, Hubert (writer)
Shearing, George (composer, jazz instrumentalist)
Wagner, Richard (composer)
Weill, Kurt (composer/ writer)
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