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Originally Posted by Barcey
It was at the University of Waterloo, just a small venue. The student council did an amazing job of booking bands at the time. "Heart Attack and Vine" had either just been released or was about to be released so most of the concert was songs from that album. Still one of my favourites. He was getting a lot of requests from the audience for songs on "Closing Time". He just laughed and said he couldn't sing those any more. I looked them up later and that is still my favourite of his albums. Ah yes fond memories.
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oh, that must have been AMAZING !!! those albums are brilliant, i agree. i love his old stuff. although i think my favorite album from his early years is "nighthawks at the diner" which is a concert cd (probably a lot like the concert you saw, you lucky bastard). if anyone could possibly have any remaining doubts about the poetic genius of the man, this album, i think, serves as definitive proof. it's almost closer to a spoken-word album with a jazz background sometimes but that's why i love it ; a whole evening of tom waits telling stories is my idea of heaven (well, one of my ideas of heaven, anyway).