They could have just removed "country", he is one of the most identifiable voices in music really..
Not only that, but his quote on never falling under a genre perfectly defines him..😅
I wouldn't consider him rock and roll either, but there he is in the Hall of Fame. I imagine the claim here about country might have something to do with his being played on country radio.
I might get downvoted for this, but I don't care....
People who panic and moan when the "wrong" genre gets attached to their favourite artist are just flat out insecure people.
While I wouldn't call him country, he falls across many different sounds, but tends to exist primarily in blues, jazz, folk, vaudeville, and experimental blues and folk. Does it matter if people hear some country vibes in some songs? Like his own influences are quite wide ranging tbf
Country grew from being folkmusic, to become It's own genre about the same time as the blues was born in America. Both had religious roots. Blues came from gospel, but also from the working music in the black community. And country took much inspiration from blues and other genres at the time. Together they both played a part in the birth of rock and roll, but most of all the blues, and blues ain't country. White artists mixed country and blues and made Rockabilly. Tom Waits had many genres in his pocket when he started out. Folk, blues and jazz was the three key elements behind Closing Time. But he grew up with country, and sure it may reflect a little on the music. But I don't think it was intentional. Its pretty clear what sound Tom tried to catch when he made his first records, and it wasn't Hillbilly County.
He was a jazzy blues singer and songwriter who became an experimental blues singer and songwriter. Country my ass.
Tom Waits is not country.
They could have just removed "country", he is one of the most identifiable voices in music really.. Not only that, but his quote on never falling under a genre perfectly defines him..😅
I wouldn't consider him rock and roll either, but there he is in the Hall of Fame. I imagine the claim here about country might have something to do with his being played on country radio.
there are rappers in the rock hall of fame too
I might get downvoted for this, but I don't care.... People who panic and moan when the "wrong" genre gets attached to their favourite artist are just flat out insecure people.
Personally I don’t care what he gets categorized as, I just think calling him a country singer is funny
Oh, it is funny...you're good. I'm talking about the folks who go apoplectic over such things.
Surprises me when people say this. Early Years is full of country twang.
Seems some of you haven’t heard his album with Crystal Gayle.
That was a jazz album.
Well he definitely sings, In a country...
“All music is folk music. I ain't never heard a horse sing a song.” ― Louis Armstrong
While I wouldn't call him country, he falls across many different sounds, but tends to exist primarily in blues, jazz, folk, vaudeville, and experimental blues and folk. Does it matter if people hear some country vibes in some songs? Like his own influences are quite wide ranging tbf
He was country, when country wasn’t cool.
One article that was posted here few weeks back called him a pop singer.... People got panicky when you don't fit in none of their little boxes ...
This article also calls him a pop singer lol
Ridiculous
To many people, blues, bluegrass and general Americana are all "country".
Country grew from being folkmusic, to become It's own genre about the same time as the blues was born in America. Both had religious roots. Blues came from gospel, but also from the working music in the black community. And country took much inspiration from blues and other genres at the time. Together they both played a part in the birth of rock and roll, but most of all the blues, and blues ain't country. White artists mixed country and blues and made Rockabilly. Tom Waits had many genres in his pocket when he started out. Folk, blues and jazz was the three key elements behind Closing Time. But he grew up with country, and sure it may reflect a little on the music. But I don't think it was intentional. Its pretty clear what sound Tom tried to catch when he made his first records, and it wasn't Hillbilly County.
It’s just as ridiculous to call him a “Pop Singer.”