Tom Waits - Franks Wild Years

Personnel: Tom Waits (vocals, guitar, Mellotron, pump organ, Farfisa, drums, tambourine, congas); Morris Tepper (guitar); Marc Ribot (guitar, banjo); Ralph Carney (violin, tenor saxophone, baritone horn); David Hidalgo (accordion); William Schimmel (accordion, piano, pump organ, Leslie bass pedals); Greg Cohen (alto horn, bass, Leslie bass pedals); Francis Thumm (piano, pump organ); Michael Blair (glockenspiel, marimba, drums, percussion); Larry Taylor (acoustic bass); Jay Anderson (bass); Angela Brown, Lynne Jordan (background vocals). Recorded at Sunset Sound and Sunset Sound Factory, Los Angeles, California, and Universal Recording Corp., Chicago, Illinois. FRANKS WILD YEARS by Kathleen Brennan and Tom Waits had its theatrical debut with the Steppenwolf Theater Company in Chicago, Illinois on June 22, 1986. Personnel: Tom Waits (vocals, guitar, organ, Farfisa, pump organ, Mellotron, drums, congas, tambourine); Marc Ribot (guitar, banjo); Moris Tepper (guitar); Ralph Carney (violin, saxophone, tenor saxophone, baritone horn); William Schimmel (accordion, piano, organ, pump organ); David Hidalgo (accordion); Greg Cohen (alto horn); Francis Thumm (piano, organ, pump organ); Michael Blair (marimba, glockenspiel, drums, congas, maracas, percussion, bells); Larry Taylor (upright bass); Angela Brown, Leslie Holland, Lynne Jordan (background vocals). Audio Mixer: Biff Dawes. Recording information: Sunset Sound Studios, Los Angeles, CA; Universal Recording Corp., Chicago, IL. Unknown Contributor Role: Tom Waits. Ostensibly a "concept" piece about the strange adventures of a ne'er-do-well named Frank, FRANK'S WILD YEARS is an album full of masterfully written songs and brilliant arrangements, whether one follows the conceptual thread or not. This final album in the loose trilogy that began with SWORDFISHTROMBONES expands upon the advances of its predecessors both in terms of hazy, dreamlike imagery and eclectic, exotic instrumentation. Waits is nothing if not theatrical, a

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