Tributes to Tom Waits

Step Right Up: The Songs of Tom Waits

"Old Shoes" - Drugstore
"Mockin' Bird" - Tindersticks
"Better of Without a Wife" - Pete Shelley
"Red Shoes by the Drugstore" - The Wedding Present
"Step Right Up" - Violent Femmes
"Downtown" - Alex Chilton
"Big Joe and Phantom 309" - Archers of Loaf
"You Can't Unring a Bell" - These Immortal Souls
"Pasties and a G-String" - Jeffrey Lee Pierce
"Christmas Card From a Hooker in Minneapolis" - Magnapop
"Ol' 55" - Dave Alvin
"Jersey Girl" - Pale Saints
"Martha" - Tim Buckley
"Ruby's Arms" - Frente!
"Hope That I Don't Fall in Love With You" - 10,000 Maniacs

'Step Right Up: The Songs of Tom Waits' (November 6 1995) Manifesto/Caroline

Holly Cole

"Take Me Home"
"Train Song"
"Jersey Girl"
"Temptation"
"Falling Down"
"Invitation to the Blues"
"Cinny's Waltz"
"Frank's Theme"
"Little Boy Blue"???
"I Don't Wanna Grow Up"
"Tango 'Til They're Sore"
"(Looking For) The Heart of Saturday Night"
"Soldier's Things"
"I Want You"???
"Good Old World"
"The Briar And the Rose"

'Temptation'
jazz: (1995) Metro Blue

Jack Of Geeks

"Caveman"
"Zen Yobbo"
"LSD Spider"

'Tribute To Cave, Beefheart, and Waits' Single EP
(????) Spoon Harvest Geek 1

Pictures/drawings of Nick Cave, Tom Waits and Captain Beefheart are on the cover of this.

(Cover says: for more info, contact Rick in the UK: 081 578 7114.)

Bad Liver and Hans Brustna Hjartan (Sweden)

"Jockey full av bourbon" - "Jockey Full of Bourbon"
"Lördagshjärtat" - The Heart of Saturday Night

"Kvarteret Stormen" - Kentucky Avenue

(the name of a neighborhood in Sweden)

"Kröp på finska över bron" - "Walking Spanish"

("Crawl Finnish Over The Bridge")
People from Finland are known in Sweden for their heavy drinking. A story about two brothers and their friends is usually told to explain this song.

"Fall på knä" - "All Fall Down"

("Down On Your Knees")
Inspired by "Falling Down"

"Blå violer" - "Blue Valentines"

("Blue Violets")

"Slå dank" - "Clap hands"

(a very old Swedish expression for hanging out, doing nothing)

"Camping i Kuopio" - "Tango ´Til They're Sore"

(Kuopio is a town in Finland)

"Ruby´s famn" - "Ruby´s Arms"
"Svärdfisktrombon" - "Swordfishtrombones"
"Julkort från en hora" - "Christmas Card From a Hooker (in Minneapolis)"
"Farbror Gösta (Uncle Gösta)" - "Cemetary Polka"
"Blind Kärlek" - "Blind Love"
"Fyllhund" - "Raindogs"
"Tills pengarna tar slut" - "Til the Money Runs Out"

"I ett hyreshus" - "In the Neighborhood"

(This is not a translation. This is a poem from a Swedish poet written in the same form as In the Neighborhood)

'Fjorton Sanger (14 songs): Tom Waits'
(1989) Nonstop Records NSM 33-15
(Two songs were added on the CD release)

The Piano Has Been Drinking (Cologne, Germany)

Uses Waits' music for their own lyrics

'The Piano Has Been Drinking'
(1990) BMG Ariola Munchen(Chlodwig Music) 260770

Contact Address: Klaus Troscher, Luxemburgerstr. 40, 5000 Koln.

Pride of the Cross

"Tommy's Blue Valentine"

'Tommy's Blue Valetine' Single
(????) ????????

Former Pogues bassist Cait O'Riordan (now Mrs. Elvis Costello) first sang with this North London Band. This was their only released song.