Band Members by Album


  • 1996 Benefit for Don Hyde
  • Performed February 4, 1996

    • Tom Waits (vocals, guitar, piano, (pump?) organ)
    • Ralph Carney (saxes, ????)
    • Joe Gore (guitar, ???)
    • Greg Cohen (upright bass, guitar, ???)
    • Kenny Wollesen (percussion, ???)
    • Charlie Musselwhite (harmonica [Heartattack and Vine, Filipino Box Spring Hog])

  • Dead Man Walking Soundtrack
  • Recorded 1995

    • Tom Waits (vocals, guitar, co-writer, co-producer)
    • Kathleen Brennan (co-writer, co-producer)
    • Ralph Carney (bass clarinet, hand claps)
    • Larry Taylor (bass, upright bass, guitar)
    • Joe Gore (guitar)

  • The Black Rider
  • Recorded 1990 and 1993

    • Tom Waits (vocals, coliope, organ, piano, banjo, chamberlain, marimba, emax strings, train whistle, conga, log drum, boots, producer)
    • William S. Burroghs (lyrics [That's The Way, Flash Pan Hunter, Crossroads], vocals)
    • Greg Cohen (co-arranger, bass, percussion, banjo, viola, bass clarinet, emax, accordian)
    • Francis Thumm (organ, boots)
    • Hans-Jorn Braudenberg (organ)
    • Ralph Carney (sax, bass clarinet, baritone horn)
    • Volker Hemken (clarinet)
    • Larry Rhodes (bassoon, contra bassoon)
    • Henning Stoll (contra bassoon, viola, bassoon)
    • Christoph Moinian (french horn)
    • Nick Phelps (french horn)
    • Kevin Porter (trombone)
    • Linda Deluca (viola)
    • Gerd Bessler (viola)
    • Matthew Brubeck (cello)
    • Joe Gore (banjo, guitar)
    • Stefan Shafer (bass)
    • Bill Douglas (bass)
    • Kenny Wollesen (percussion, marimba)
    • Don Neely (saw)
    • Kathleen Brennan (boots)
    • Joe Marquez (boots)
    • Clive Butters (boots)

  • Bone Machine
  • Recorded 1992

    • Tom Waits (vocals, chamberlain, percussion, guitar, upright bass, conundrum, drums, producer)
    • Kathleen Brennan (co-writer, sticks, associate producer)
    • Keith Richards (co-writer [That Feel], guitar, vocals)
    • Ralph Carney (alto, tenor sax, bass clarinet)
    • David Hidalgo (violin, accordian)
    • Joe Marquez (sticks, banjo)
    • Joe Gore (guitar)
    • Waddy Wachtel (guitar)
    • David Phillips (pedal steel guitar, steel guitar)
    • Larry Taylor (upright bass, guitar)
    • Les Claypool (electric bass)
    • Bryan Mantia aka Brain (drums)

  • Night On Earth : Original Soundtrack Recording
  • Recorded 1991

    • Tom Waits (co-writer, vocals, producer)
    • Kathleen Brennan (co-writer)
    • Ralph Carney (trumpet, alto and tenor sax, bass clarinet, clarinet, baritone horn, pan pipes)
    • Clark Suprynowitz (bass)
    • Matthew Brubeck (cello)
    • Joe Gore (guitars, banjo)
    • Francis Thumm (harmonium, stinson band organ)
    • Mule Patterson (drums, percussion, piano)
    • Josef Brinckmann (accordian)

  • "Serrano" from Sylvia Plachy's "Unguided Tour" flexi-disk
  • Recorded 1990?

    • Tom Waits (vocals, composer)
    • Larry Taylor (upright bass)

  • "Heigh Ho (The Dwarfs Marching Song)" from Stay Awake: Various Interpretations of Music from Vintage Disney Films
  • Recorded 1988

    • Tom Waits (vocals, arranged)
    • Tchad Blake (optigon programming)
    • Mitchell Froom (chamberlain)
    • Val Kuklowsky (sound effects)
    • Marc Ribot (guitar)
    • Larry Taylor (bass)

  • Big Time
  • Recorded 1988

    • Tom Waits (vocals, guitar, organ, piano, co-producer)
    • Kathleen Brennan (co-writer [Strange Weather and Yesterday is Here], co-producer)
    • Michael Blair (drums, percussion, bongos, brake drums)
    • Ralph Carney (saxes, clarinets, baritone horn)
    • Greg Cohen (co-writer [Straight to the Top], electric bass, basstards, alto horn)
    • Marc Ribot (guitars, banjo, trumpet)
    • Willie Schwarz (accordian, hammond organ, sitar, conga)
    • Fred Tackett (guitar [Falling Down])
    • Richie Hayward (drums [Falling Down])
    • Larry Taylor (upright bass [Falling Down])

  • Big Time Video
  • Recorded 1988

    • Tom Waits (vocals, guitar, piano, co-producer)
    • Kathleen Brennan (co-writer [Strange Weather and Yesterday is Here], co-producer)
    • Michael Blair (drums, percussion, bongos, brake drums)
    • Ralph Carney (saxes, clarinets, baritone horn)
    • Greg Cohen (co-writer [Straight to the Top], electric bass, basstards, alto horn)
    • Marc Ribot (guitars, banjo, trumpet)
    • Willie Schwarz (accordian, hammond organ, sitar, conga)

  • Frank's Wild Years
  • Recorded 22 June 1986

    • Tom Waits (vocals, vocal stylings, optigon, conga, pump organ, guitar, rooster, tambourine, melotron, Farfisa, drums, piano, producer)
    • Kathleen Brennan (co-writer, vocal arrangements)
    • Greg Cohen (co-writer [Straight to the Top], horn arrangements, alto horn, Leslie bass pedals, bass)
    • William Schimmel (Leslie bass pedals, pump organ, piano, accordian, cocktail piano)
    • David Hidalgo (accordian)
    • Ralph Carney (tenor sax, sax, violin, baritone horn)
    • Francis Thumm (pump organ, prepared piano)
    • Moris Tepper (guitar)
    • Marc Ribot (guitar, banjo)
    • Larry Taylor (upright bass, bass)
    • Jay Anderson (bass)
    • Michael Blair (drums, conga, glockenspiel, percussion, marachas, marimba, orquestra bells)
    • Angela Brown (background vocals)
    • Leslie Holland (background vocals)
    • Lynne Jordan (background vocals)

  • Rain Dogs
  • Recorded 1985

    • Tom Waits (vocals, guitar, Farfisa organ, piano, pump organ, banjo, harmonium, producer)
    • Kathleen Brennan (co-writer)
    • Keith Richards (guitar, backing vocals [Blind Love])
    • Robert Kilgore (organ)
    • John Lurie (alto sax)
    • Ralph Carney (bass sax, sax, clarinet)
      • Uptown Horns (arranger)
      • Arno Hecht (tenor)
        Hollywood Paul Litteral (trumpet)
        Crispin Cioe (sax)
        Bob Funk (trombone)
    • Marc Ribot (guitar, lead guitar)
    • G. E. Smith (guitar)
    • Robert Quine (guitar)
    • Chris Spedding (guitar)
    • Robert Musso (banjo)
    • Greg Cohen (double bass)
    • Larry Taylor (double bass)
    • Tony Levine (bass)
    • Ross Levinson (violins)
    • William Schimmel (accordian)
    • Stephen Arvizu Taylor Hodges (drums, parade drums)
    • Mickey Curry (drums)
    • Michael Blair (percussion, conga, marimba, drums, metal percussion, bowed saw, parade drum)

  • Swordfishtrombones
  • Recorded August 1982

    • Tom Waits (vocals, chair, Hammond B-3 organ, piano, harmonium, synthesizer, Freedom Bell, producer)
    • Francis Thumm (co-arranger, metal aunglongs, glass harmonica)
    • Ronnie Barron (Hammond organ)
    • Eric Bikales (organ)
    • Randy Aldcroft (baritone horn, trombone)
    • Joe Romano (trombone, trumpet)
    • Bill Reichenbach (trombone)
    • Dick (Slyde) Hyde (trombone)
    • Anthony Clark Stewart (bag pipes)
    • Carlos Guitarlos (electric guitar)
    • Fred Tackett (electric guitar, banjo, guitar)
    • Greg Cohen (bass, acoustic bass)
    • Larry Taylor (acoustic bass, electric bass)
    • Clark Spangler (synthesizer program)
    • Richard Gibbs (glass harmonica)
    • Stephen Taylor Arvizu Hodges (drums, parade drum, cymbals, parade bass drum, glass harmonica)
    • Victor Feldman (bass marimba, shaker, marimba, bass drum [with rice], bass boo bams, brake drum, bell plate, snare, Hammond B-3 organ, bells, conga, dabuki drum, tambourine, African talking drum)

  • Heartattack and Vine
  • Recorded 16 June - 15 July 1980

    • Tom Waits (vocals, piano, electric guitar)
    • Jerry Yester (arranged and conducted orchestra)
    • Bob Alcivar (arranged and conducted strings)
    • Ronnie Barron (Hammond organ, piano)
    • Michael Lang (piano)
    • Plas Johnson (tenor sax, baritone sax)
    • Roland Bautista (electric guitar, 12-string guitar)
    • Larry Taylor (bass)
    • Greg Cohn (bass)
    • Jim Hughart (bass)
    • "Big John" Thomassie (drums)
    • Victor Feldman (percussion, chimes, keyboard glock)
    • Bones Howe (producer)

  • Blue Valentine
  • Recorded 24, 25 July 1978; 10, 17, 23, 26 August 1978

    • Tom Waits (vocals, piano, acoustic piano, electric guitar)
    • Bob Alcivar (arranged and conducted orchestra)
    • Da Willie Gonga (Yamaha electric grand piano)
    • Charles Kynard (organ)
    • Harold Battiste (piano)
    • Roland Bautista (electric guitar)
    • Frank Vicari (tenor sax)
    • Herbert Hardesty (tenor sax)
    • "Shine" Robinson (electric guitar)
    • Ray Crawford (electric guitar, electric guitar solo [Blue Valentines])
    • Byron Miller (bass)
    • Jim Hughart (bass)
    • Scott Edwards (bass)
    • Chip White (drums)
    • Rick Lawson (drums)
    • Earl Palmer (drums)
    • Bobbye Hall (congas)
    • Bones Howe (producer)

  • Foreign Affairs
  • Recorded 28 July 1977; 2, 11, 12, 15 August 1977

    • Tom Waits (writer, vocals, piano)
    • Joseph Meyer,
      Al Jolson, and
      Buddy G. De Sylva (writers [California, Here I Come])
    • Bette Midler (co-vocals [I Never Talk to Strangers])
    • Bob Alcivar (arranged and conducted orchestra)
    • Gene Cipriano (clarinet solos [Potter's Field])
    • Frank Vicari (tenor sax solos)
    • Jack Sheldon (trumpet solos)
    • Jim Hughart (bass)
    • Shelly Manne (drums)
    • Bones Howe (producer)

  • Small Change
  • Recorded 15, 19, 20, 21, 29 July 1976

    • Tom Waits (vocals, piano)
    • Lew Tabackin (tenor sax)
    • Jim Hughart (bass)
    • Shelly Manne (drums)
      • Jerry Yester (arranged and conducted string section)
      • Harry Bluestone (violin)
        Israel Baker (violin)
        Nathan Kaproff (violin)
        Nathan Ross (violin)
        George Kast (violin)
        Murray Adler (violin)
        Marvin Limonick (violin)
        Alfred Lustgarten (violin)
        Sheldon Sanov (violin)
        Sam Boghossian (viola)
        David Schwartz (viola)
        Allan Harshman (viola)
        Ed Lustgarten (cello)
        Kathleen Lustgarten (cello)
        Ray Kelley (cello)
        Jesse Ehrlich (cello)
    • Bones Howe (producer)

  • Nighthawks at the Diner
  • Recorded 30, 31 July 1975

    • Tom Waits (writer, vocals, piano, guitar)
    • Tommy Faile (writer [Big Joe and Phantom 309])
    • Chuck E. Weiss (co-writer [Spare Parts I])
    • Mike Melvoin (piano, electric piano)
    • Pete Christlieb (tenor sax)
    • Jim Hughart (upright bass)
    • Bill Goodwin (drums)
    • Bones Howe (producer)

  • The Heart of Saturday Night
  • Recorded 1974

    • Tom Waits (writer, vocals, piano, guitar)
    • Mike Melvoin (orchestral arrangement and direction)
    • Bones Howe (producer)

  • Closing Time
  • Recorded 1973

    • Tom Waits (writer, vocals, piano, guitar)
    • Jerry Yester (producer)

  • The Early Years Vol. 2
  • Recorded July - December 1971

    • Tom Waits (writer, vocals, piano, guitar)

  • The Early Years
  • Recorded July - December 1971

    • Tom Waits (writer, vocals, piano, guitar)
    • Robert Duffey (producer)



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