I want to thank Sean for getting my access restored for this site. Somehow I got locked out since my last post. You know how juke joints are, you have to know the secret handshake or password. Forget it, and you are standing in the alley listening to the faint sound of gaiety from behind the locked door.

Speaking of juke joints, there’s one artist I think would be perfect for a 21st century juke joint, a singer who takes us back to those wonderful jazz cafes of the 40’s. Tom Waits has just released Orphans, a 3 disk set of songs in the classic Waits style. I got my copy last week and cannot listen to it enough. His melancholy, hard-life voice speaks of an age sadly past. If you love piano-bar, boozy jazz singers, check out Waits. You won’t be disappointed.

[tags]juke joint, Tom Waits, Orphans[/tags]