Lowside of the Road
A Life of Tom Waits
(Author) Barney HoskynsSpanning Tom Waits' extraordinary 40-year career, from Closing Time to Orphans, Lowside of the Road is Barney Hoskyns' unique take on one of rock's great enigmas. Like Bob Dylan and Neil Young, Waits is a chameleonic survivor who's achieved long-term success while retaining cult credibility and outsider mystique. From his perilous "jazzbo" years in '70s Los Angeles to the multiple-Grammy winner of recent years - by way of such shape-shifting '80s albums as Swordfishtrombones - this exhaustive biography charts Waits' life step-by-step and album-by-album. Affectionate and penetrating, and based on a combination of assiduous research and deep critical insight, this is a outstanding investigation of a notoriously private artist and performer - the definitive account to date of Tom Waits' life and work.
Barney Hoskyns
Barney Hoskyns is a British music journalist known for his book "Hotel California: Singer-Songwriters and Cocaine Cowboys in the LA Canyons." His writing style is immersive and insightful, offering a deep dive into the music scene of the 1970s. His work sheds light on the dark side of fame and excess.
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