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Hundreds of artists from all walks of music have recorded songs from \u003cstrong\u003eWaits\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003eBrennan’s\u003c\/strong\u003e matchless catalogue, 19 of the finest of which comprise this hand-picked selection, including many chosen by the songwriters themselves.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFew artists have remapped the terrain of popular music, and culture at large, like \u003cstrong\u003eTom Waits. \u003c\/strong\u003eOver the course of five decades, he has forged a singular aesthetic that defies genre and turns the marginal into myth. His work is neither fully inside nor outside the mainstream tradition but moves restlessly between them, drawing from vaudeville, blues, jazz, folk, theatre – and just about anything else that catches his ear – to craft something wholly his own. His influence reverberates not just through the underground and avant-garde, but across theatre, film, literature, and visual art. With his long-time creative partner and wife \u003cstrong\u003eKathleen Brennan\u003c\/strong\u003e, he has dismantled and reassembled the idea of song itself, crafting works that exist as both raw expression and high art. This collection honours not only the extraordinary versatility of \u003cstrong\u003eWaits\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003eBrennan’s\u003c\/strong\u003e songwriting, but the importance of an artist who continues to haunt and inspire from the edges inward.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAce’s selection is sequenced chronologically by song, opening with \u003cstrong\u003eBruce Springsteen’s\u003c\/strong\u003e live recording of \u003cem\u003eJersey Girl\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eWaits’\u003c\/strong\u003e ode to \u003cstrong\u003eBrennan\u003c\/strong\u003e from 1980’s \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHeartattack And Vine\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e, and closing with folk matriarch \u003cstrong\u003eJoan Baez’s\u003c\/strong\u003e version of \u003cstrong\u003eWaits\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003eBrennan’s\u003c\/strong\u003e anti-war \u003cem\u003eDay After Tomorrow\u003c\/em\u003e from \u003cstrong\u003eWaits\u003c\/strong\u003e’ more recent \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReal Gone\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“All the great things that came out of New Jersey don’t hold a candle to \u003cstrong\u003eKathleen Brennan\u003c\/strong\u003e, at least not in \u003cstrong\u003eTom’s\u003c\/strong\u003e eyes,” \u003cstrong\u003eBob Dylan\u003c\/strong\u003e said on his Theme Time Radio Hour show. “She rescued me,” reflected \u003cstrong\u003eWaits\u003c\/strong\u003e in an interview for The Guardian. “Maybe I rescued her too, that’s often how it works. Upshot is that we both got into the same leaky boat. Everybody knows she’s the brains behind Pa, as \u003cstrong\u003eDylan\u003c\/strong\u003e might have said. I’m just the figurehead. She’s the one who’s steering the ship.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn addition to “steering the ship”, \u003cstrong\u003eBrennan\u003c\/strong\u003e became \u003cstrong\u003eWaits\u003c\/strong\u003e’ songwriting partner. The couple’s first-released joint composition, \u003cem\u003eHang Down Your Head\u003c\/em\u003e from \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRain Dogs\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e, is heard here in a raunchy rendition by country-blues heroine \u003cstrong\u003eLucinda Williams\u003c\/strong\u003e. Elsewhere, performers from the worlds of jazz, blues, gospel, soul and rock put their own stamps on great songs with which \u003cstrong\u003eWaits\u003c\/strong\u003e devotees will be familiar on Swordfishtrombones, Rain Dogs, Franks Wild Years, Big Time, Bone Machine, Mule Variations, Real Gone and Orphans. Pride of place – because it’s a particular favourite of Waits and proved incredibly challenging to license – goes to the heart-wrenching recording of \u003cem\u003eDown There By The Train\u003c\/em\u003e from \u003cstrong\u003eJohnny Cash’s\u003c\/strong\u003e late-life masterpiece American Recordings.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMade with the blessing, approval and involvement of \u003cstrong\u003eTom Waits\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003eKathleen Brennan\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhere The Willow And The Dogwood Grow\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e is an essential collection for any fan of this remarkable artist’s unique work.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTracklist:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e1. Jersey Girl - Bruce Springsteen \u0026amp; The E Street Band  \u003cbr\u003e2. 16 Shells From A Thirty-ought-six - Bob Seger \u0026amp; The Silver Bullet Band\u003cbr\u003e3. 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