Tom Waits has released some of the most inventive and fascinating music of all time over the years, and In 2002 he released two such albums on the very same day ...

Tom Waits is among America's most iconic songwriters, but without Ray Charles he might still be working as a cook in a local pizza restaurant in California.

Tom Waits' essence is already there, at least in the watermark. With a helping hand from the Eagles, then on the rise, who covered his “Ol'55”, the singer began to find his own audience.