Tom Waits News: Tom Waits In Captain Beefheart Tribute

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Tom Waits is the latest artist to pay their respects to seminal bandleader, songwriter and artist Captain Beefheart.

Tom Waits and Captain Beefheart have a lot in common. Both draw on arts traditions outwith rock 'n' roll, with Waits' Brechtian sense of the theatrical matched by Beefheart's love of Surrealism.

Equally, both have a fondness for American folk arts, with Tom Waits and Captain Beefheart tipping their hats towards blues and jazz. In a sad twist, though, this article will have to start using the past tense - Captain Beefheart died recently at the age of 69.

Speaking to the