Tom Waits Nighthawks At The Diner (Remastered) wicker " the foot-tapping "Little Bird"

" the foot-tapping "Little Bird" and the languid

and--as this collection reminds us--for good reason

"I'd Be Waiting" is a tender

it turns out to be almost the exact opposite

(The CD version of the record has now been standardized worldwide as the 11 tracks found on the American version

Tom Waits Nighthawks At The Diner (Remastered) wicker " the foot-tapping "Little Bird"Personnel: Tom Waits (vocals, guitar, piano); Pete Christlieb (tenor saxophone); Mike Melvoin (piano); Jim Hughart (bass); Bill Goodwin (drums). Recorded at the Record Plant, Hollywood, California on July 30 & 31, 1975. Tom Waits' first two albums, 1973's Closing Time and 1974's The Heart of Saturday Night, documented his estimable strengths as a songwriter, but they didn't always give much of a sense of the personality that came through in his live