Celebrating the 40th Anniversary of Tom Waits’ Rain Dogs with 10 Years of Tom is an homage to Tom Waits from 1977-1987. It will be performed in a huge weekend of performances from February 7-9 at the Theatre Royal Castlemaine, MEMO Music Hall in St Kilda and the Brunswick Ballroom.
Tom Waits has captivated fans for four decades with his gritty storytelling and eclectic mix of genres. This two-hour show is performed by an eclectic mix of Melbourne’s musicians who are performing together for the first time – Dave Graney, Lachlan Bryan, Brooke Taylor, Delsinki and Maggie Alley.
They are backed by an all-star band featuring Ben Franz (The Waifs), Holly Thomas (Quivers), Stacey Gray (Trial Kennedy) and Ania Reynolds (Circus OZ).
The concert promises an immersive journey through the darkly poetic and soulful world of Waits, featuring classics like Downtown Train, Clap Hands and Jockey Full of Bourbon.
The audience will experience the raw emotion and enigmatic spirit of Waits’ music through his unique blend of jazz, blues, and avant-garde rock.
Dave Graney said he was looking forward to a lot of collaborations in 2025 and going further.
“This show is a way for me to play with some people I would never normally cross paths with. All concentrating on some material by Tom Waits, an artist who continues to have a long career,” Graney said.
“I have always enjoyed the Foreign Affairs album from 1976/7 and am doing a couple of songs from that (along with some later selections).
“It was a time when Tom Waits still lived in a motel in LA and toured constantly, an odd and outstanding presence in the 70s rock scene, a scene that was nothing but oddities.
“From a time when he was struggling but filled with ambition to realise his peculiar post-war, pre rock’n’roll, bebop vision.”
Doors open at 7pm, showtime at 8pm on Sunday February 9 at the Theatre Royal, 30 Hargraves Street, Castlemaine.
Tickets are $59 from www.trybooking.com/events/landing/1315783
