Tom Waits Story: Life & Times Los Angeles Years. 21 Essential Locations

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Tom Waits. Documentary stories and locations in San Diego, Hollywood, LA, Silver Lake, Echo Park, Whittier and more. Quotes, homes, recording studios, diners, bars and cheap motels.
Proceeds from this video go to Big Brothers, Big Sisters of Greater Los Angeles. If you would like to donate please go to: bbbsla.org/
Thanks to:
Brad Elterman, The Single Fin, Napoleone's Pizza, Vivianne at Caffe Etc, Phil Stevenson.
Music Produced by: Tim P.

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  • @jmad627
    @jmad62723 күн бұрын

    Not at all that familiar with Tom Waits so how this video came to my algorithm attention. However it piqued my interest and am glad it did. I enjoyed it.

  • @RockessentialTim

    @RockessentialTim

    23 күн бұрын

    Love it when that happens...

  • @shanebrooks402

    @shanebrooks402

    22 күн бұрын

    Well then I suggest listening to Closing Time, Rain Dogs, Alice, Blue Valentine and the rest too.

  • @RockessentialTim
    @RockessentialTim11 ай бұрын

    Hey all! I've been REALLY looking forward to doing a piece on Tom Waits and I'm stoked to be finally putting it out. I hope you dig it!

  • @TheBella2u

    @TheBella2u

    11 ай бұрын

    I remember when I heard Ole 55 for the first time and particularly these “Well my time went so quickly I went lickety-splickly out to my old '55 As I drove away slowly, feeling so holy God knows, I was feeling alive And now the sun's coming up I'm riding with Lady Luck, freeway cars and trucks Stars beginning to fade, and I lead the parade Just a-wishing I'd stayed a little longer Lord, let me tell you that the feeling's getting stronger”

  • @joshualeifer3335

    @joshualeifer3335

    11 ай бұрын

    Great video. Didn’t know much about him. Very curious to learn more now. Extra points for Tim for taking the show on the road to San Diego.

  • @dennispatrick4999

    @dennispatrick4999

    11 ай бұрын

    I produced Concerts in College and booked Tom Waits at Santa Clara University in 1977. Great guy. Great show.

  • @RockessentialTim

    @RockessentialTim

    11 ай бұрын

    @@joshualeifer3335 It was a great excuse to go down there and hang out. Had an awesome time.

  • @hoyhoytoo6772

    @hoyhoytoo6772

    11 ай бұрын

    Coolest dang thing I’ve seen today 😌

  • @Quantumtraveler707
    @Quantumtraveler7074 ай бұрын

    I met Tom in 1999 at a gas station in Sebastopol CA, where he was living at the time. Drove an understated VW, had his signature hat on, coat and jeans. I said hi and he waived and nodded. Was exactly the type of reaction I knew he'd give. Very private individual. Sebastopol is uber liberal, quiet, tucked in the eastern edge of the northern California coastal ranges in the redwood empire. Just the kind of place you'd picture someone of Toms character would live. Love his music, been listening to it for decades, it was a sign for me to realize I moved to the right town, after my divorce. Great story! Thanks!

  • @RockessentialTim

    @RockessentialTim

    4 ай бұрын

    That is such a cool story! I actually had a similar meeting with him back in the day at Duke's coffee shop. I nodded and he nodded back. I was barely aware of who he was at the time but looking back it was worth a thousand words.

  • @robertowolfo2128
    @robertowolfo212811 ай бұрын

    Wow. I am a huge Tom Waits fan, and I was smiling and laughing the entire time I was watching this. It was soo cool to see all these places he referenced in his songs. Thanks for putting this out. Loved it.

  • @RockessentialTim

    @RockessentialTim

    11 ай бұрын

    I didn't know that you were a fan, Nephew. Nada hates when I blast him but it has to be done from time to time. Its a Parsky requirement.

  • @user-tr7yg7zo3j
    @user-tr7yg7zo3jАй бұрын

    My name is Martha. A friend made signing for the deaf videos while dancing to songs. She did one for me, to Tom’s song “Martha”, which was also my ex boyfriend’s fave song. It was such an honor. I adore Tom and his music. What a unique, talented human being. He did a love song with Bette Midler. It was so romantic. I forget what it’s called.

  • @RockessentialTim

    @RockessentialTim

    Ай бұрын

    Martha, that is a wonderful story!

  • @Davett53
    @Davett5329 күн бұрын

    I'm 4 years younger than Waits. He was born in 1949 and I was born in 1953. In his lyrics and writings always seemed to make me think he was much older than myself. Seeing him with long hair, in that photo you posted was a shocker.

  • @RockessentialTim
    @RockessentialTim6 ай бұрын

    Happy Birthday Tom! I was born at a very young age...

  • @AlisonsArt
    @AlisonsArt6 ай бұрын

    This ties so many things together beautifully. Thank you. and thank you for putting the direct link to Big Brothers/Sisters LA for donations. Will do.

  • @RockessentialTim

    @RockessentialTim

    6 ай бұрын

    BBBSLA is very dear to my heart. Thank you so much!

  • @Gotcha6666
    @Gotcha666611 ай бұрын

    The narrator has a similar voice as Rick Beato! Anyway, great video and best wishes to all decent Americans from Prague, Czech republic! 🇨🇿🍻🇺🇸

  • @steveconti3966
    @steveconti3966Ай бұрын

    Seeing the references makes the songs better

  • @johnmcdermott9559
    @johnmcdermott955911 ай бұрын

    Finding Tom Waits was a wonderful Discovery. He and his music embodied The soul of the fifties and the beats. Everything seemed to come together, Found Chas Bukowski, Rickee Lee and it all reinforced each other. Toms' persona Was enetertaining but was suicidal and I'm glad he shook free. As an artist and musician he left his mark and is much Appreciated. Thanks for filling in some Personal history.

  • @RockessentialTim

    @RockessentialTim

    11 ай бұрын

    T H A N K S !

  • @trysometruth
    @trysometruth11 ай бұрын

    It's starting to dawn on me how appropriate Rock Essentials is as a title for this channel. I'm starting to feel like what you're doing isn't just awesome and fun and funny and interesting and insightful, it's _essential._ When you drop a video, a lot of folks now _hop on it,_ like they're afraid it might disappear if they don't watch it fast enough. No one is doing what you are doing for the West Coast scene and the artists that occupied it and made it what it was, like you are. Kinda _essential._

  • @RockessentialTim

    @RockessentialTim

    11 ай бұрын

    That is really eloquent and I'm truly gratified that the vids have made an impact. I guess all I can really say is thank you for watching them. So thank you!

  • @levistubbs8949
    @levistubbs894911 ай бұрын

    Fantastic insight into Tom Waits, really enjoyed that, many thanks for what you do .

  • @RockessentialTim

    @RockessentialTim

    11 ай бұрын

    Thanks my man. Loved doing this one!

  • @ricksamericana749
    @ricksamericana74911 ай бұрын

    Great post as usual. However, The Eagles' cover of "Ol' 55" was on "On The Border" not "Desperado". It has long been my favorite "Eagles" song. Yet, Tom Waits' original is better. I loved it when Bette Midler performed "Martha" on "Saturday Night Live". Keep up the great work!

  • @RockessentialTim

    @RockessentialTim

    11 ай бұрын

    whoops.

  • @andrewdarnley4608
    @andrewdarnley460811 ай бұрын

    Nice one Tim. We saw him in Sydney in the late 70's at a theatre with worn out seats from the 1940's. Tom spent a lot of the night sitting in an old over stuffed lounge chair with a black and white TV under a moth eaten lamp stand. He'd roam over to a piano now and then all the time chain smoking. Just the best performance.

  • @RockessentialTim

    @RockessentialTim

    11 ай бұрын

    Now that is a cool story! I've never gotten to see him play live, was a broke musician back in those days. I did however live at the Tropicana Motel for a month or so and used to see him in the public phone booth almost every day.

  • @MCW1955
    @MCW195511 ай бұрын

    I’d rather have a hot lead enema!!! I laughed right off the couch!! Thanks for another pro level video.

  • @jimmyleon2983
    @jimmyleon298311 ай бұрын

    Fernwood Tonight was my introduction to Tom Waits, I was a big fan of the show. I really enjoyed his performance on the show, I loved his song, "The Piano Has Been Drinking," and the off-the-wall character he portrayed. Later, from time to time I'd hear one of his songs or see him in a bit part in a movie like, The Outsiders and Paradise Alley, he was on the Late Show with David Letterman many times and I came to appreciate him more as a singer/songwriter and actor. I really enjoyed this video; I learned some new things about Tom I didn't know, his childhood homelife and the fact that Rickie Lee Jones was once his girlfriend.

  • @RockessentialTim

    @RockessentialTim

    11 ай бұрын

    Fernwood was my introduction to his music too! I'd seen Tom around when I'd go to Duke's at the Tropicana but I had never heard him until Fernwood. I'd see Rickie Lee around town here and there. Besides being talented she was a pretty alluring young lady.

  • @jonathanaldecoa1099
    @jonathanaldecoa1099Ай бұрын

    I saw Tom at the Wiltern during the Mule Variations Tour. I live in Whittier and was it was cool to see Uptown at the beginning of the video.🕺😎

  • @RockessentialTim

    @RockessentialTim

    Ай бұрын

    I was at my grandson's junior high graduation that day and the Commencement ceremony was at Whittier High. Go Cardinals!

  • @MrPeeBeeDeeBee
    @MrPeeBeeDeeBee11 ай бұрын

    This is bloody great Tim! Keep 'm coming... Any chance of Little Feat and Los Lobos? 😁........please

  • @RockessentialTim

    @RockessentialTim

    11 ай бұрын

    Don't know about them but I do gots Gram Parsons on deck.

  • @MrPeeBeeDeeBee

    @MrPeeBeeDeeBee

    11 ай бұрын

    @@RockessentialTim cool

  • @Davett53
    @Davett5329 күн бұрын

    I began listening to Wait's music in 1973, when I was beginning college, and I was 20 years old. I didn't like it and I didn't get it. But I kept coming back to it, as I wanted to like it. It took a few years, and then one day it hit me, and I have been hooked, ever since.

  • @RockessentialTim

    @RockessentialTim

    29 күн бұрын

    That is an interesting story mainly because its like mine. I was aware of him for years but didn't get totally into it until later.

  • @raindog428
    @raindog42811 ай бұрын

    Tom waits has a unique way with words..singing is just something he does with the air he says..such a brilliant lyricist like no other..huge fan of him and kathleen..

  • @shanebrooks402
    @shanebrooks40222 күн бұрын

    Thanks man great video. I'm huge fan of Tom.

  • @RockessentialTim

    @RockessentialTim

    22 күн бұрын

    Thanks. I'm a big fan too so it was an absolute pleasure to make!

  • @garrygballard8914
    @garrygballard891411 ай бұрын

    Been to Canters. Hair looking good bro. I’ve come up with a new Philosophy for us older guys. Never be older than 69. I’m now an immature senior and promise never to act my age ( old man )

  • @RockessentialTim

    @RockessentialTim

    11 ай бұрын

    Thanks, Garry. I need a haircut bad!

  • @joanie2733
    @joanie273311 ай бұрын

    Hey great peace on Tom. I worked at Platterpuss Records on Hollywood Blvd back in 70's early 80's and Mr. Waits and his old black Cadillac were regulars. He was quite an interesting character. He put out some great tunes those were the days!

  • @RockessentialTim

    @RockessentialTim

    11 ай бұрын

    That is too cool. Did he talk much or was he just shopping?

  • @joanie2733

    @joanie2733

    11 ай бұрын

    Tim he was kind of reclusive but when he did talk it was in that voice that smoked to many cigarettes. He was just up and coming struggling and broke. He did say he lived at Tropicana but he always looked like he lived in his car as it was full of stuff. He was always wearing the same clothes rather disheveled and mostly hung over but as I remember he was cool. My mom was good friends with his step mom Eda Waits although she was divorced from his dad. His dad was Frank Waits that taught at Belmont High in Hollywood. It was always a treat to see him pull up in the big black Cadillac and I will never forget that voice almost a growl!

  • @sadielampduo3762
    @sadielampduo376211 ай бұрын

    Cool video , thanks Tim , We love Tom Waits . Some of his vocals sound like Louis Armstrong as he's growling Hello Dolly .

  • @RockessentialTim

    @RockessentialTim

    11 ай бұрын

    Ha! My kid imitates him when I put him on and it comes out sounding like Armstrong.

  • @elantric
    @elantric11 ай бұрын

    1981-1983 Tom and Kathleen were my neighbors - in an upstairs Victorian house duplex complex in rear of 129 - 137 N. Union Ave, ( near Beverly BLVD), - (owned by Charles & Planaria Knill) 2 blocks south of Traveler Cafe on Temple Ave. The filming of "In the Neighborhood" was filmed in the Alley between Union Ave and Burlington, Ave.( the stretch between Beverly and W Court Street) -we had a neighbor who collected Studebakers. I watched being filmed one Tuesday morning at 9AM . The whole Victoria complex where we resided once housed nuns at the adjacent Catholic Church 1946- 1976 - when I moved in - Whole complex was leveled in 2008, and became a parking lot for Iglesia ni Christo Church next door. Tom was composing "One from the Heart" at that time. - Steve Conrad VGUITARFORUMS

  • @RockessentialTim

    @RockessentialTim

    11 ай бұрын

    Wow, that is incredible and thanks for sharing! I must say, I've lived in LA most of my life and had never more than passed through Little Filipino Town. Maybe its gentrified since then but I found it to be pretty damn charming.

  • @ny2phillyholloway592
    @ny2phillyholloway59211 ай бұрын

    Amazing video!! I love the way you maneuver your way through any setting as you expertly narrate your story. Love the raw honesty and poetry of Mr. Waits. Your content is quality not quantity and that's why I look forward to your videos.💖💯

  • @RockessentialTim

    @RockessentialTim

    11 ай бұрын

    Thanks, I'm glad it resonates. I've always felt there's a lot to be learned from a 2 minute song...

  • @phantompanther648
    @phantompanther64810 ай бұрын

    So nice to find this show…..💕

  • @seamus6149
    @seamus614911 ай бұрын

    Sure did dig it Tim another great video , I've always loved Tom , especially sword and Mule and he had the good sense to marry an Irish girl.

  • @RockessentialTim

    @RockessentialTim

    11 ай бұрын

    Right on, Seamus!

  • @dao3740
    @dao374017 күн бұрын

    Very interesting … thank you !

  • @RockessentialTim

    @RockessentialTim

    17 күн бұрын

    Thank you too!

  • @katherinea.rodgers8366
    @katherinea.rodgers836610 ай бұрын

    I have loved Tom Waits for a long time. He lived in San Diego? Wow! I have also loved Charles Bukowski! My friends and I used to hang out at Norm's! This was my neighborhood when I was young! Thanks for this!

  • @RockessentialTim

    @RockessentialTim

    10 ай бұрын

    I too was surprised to find out he lived in San Diego but I was really shocked that he was originally from Whittier. My daughter lives there now just up the street from where Tom grew up!

  • @katherinea.rodgers8366

    @katherinea.rodgers8366

    10 ай бұрын

    @@RockessentialTim Wow!

  • @TheInterGalacticFederation
    @TheInterGalacticFederation11 ай бұрын

    Huge Tom Waits fan here - looking forward to this! Another well researched and presented historical biopic. Love the locations (esp early childhood), quotes and anecdotes. Thank you again.

  • @RockessentialTim

    @RockessentialTim

    11 ай бұрын

    Always good to hear from you. This video was among my 3 faves to make. I just love Tom!

  • @marktaft6467
    @marktaft646711 ай бұрын

    hi Tim 👋 thanks so much for sharing this & your adventures , it's great to see your videos again ,👍 Cheers from your friend in Southeastern Ontario Canada ✌️🇺🇸🎸🇨🇦✌️

  • @emmanuelrichard9129
    @emmanuelrichard912911 ай бұрын

    Tim...REALLY thanks for the ride. Great job to found all those locations. Great fan of Hank,Tom,and L.A. Nice surprise!!! From Paris...

  • @RockessentialTim

    @RockessentialTim

    11 ай бұрын

    Thanks much. It was an incredibly fun video to make!

  • @eddiev8735
    @eddiev87359 ай бұрын

    Thank you thank you thank you❤

  • @RockessentialTim

    @RockessentialTim

    9 ай бұрын

    I LOVED making this vid so thank you!

  • @philwilliams2505
    @philwilliams25056 ай бұрын

    Listen to Tom Waits he rips your heart out holds it pulsating in his hand and shows it to you and before you plunge into oblivion he shoves it back in your chest and from there on the heartbeat of your life and soul is totally changed

  • @RockessentialTim

    @RockessentialTim

    6 ай бұрын

    cool.

  • @MultiBmorgan
    @MultiBmorganАй бұрын

    I believe you.

  • @steelypeanut
    @steelypeanut7 ай бұрын

    Awesome video! Very well structured with clear care for Tom and heavy research. Excited to check out your other videos!

  • @RockessentialTim

    @RockessentialTim

    7 ай бұрын

    Thanks much. I particularly loved making this one as Tom is one of my personal faves. Hope you like the others as well!

  • @markthomas2612
    @markthomas261211 ай бұрын

    Tim, you're my go 2 guy!... Your insight is impressive!

  • @RockessentialTim

    @RockessentialTim

    11 ай бұрын

    I wish my eyesight was half as impressive!

  • @carld9090
    @carld9090Ай бұрын

    Loved this!!!! Great work!

  • @RockessentialTim

    @RockessentialTim

    Ай бұрын

    Right on, thanks!

  • @unclerudy9797
    @unclerudy979711 ай бұрын

    Thanks Tim ! Great Stuff as Always. Gotta Love Tom ! Step right Up ! Peace, Rudy

  • @RockessentialTim

    @RockessentialTim

    11 ай бұрын

    Thanks, Rudy. Peace to you my brother!

  • @Grana2020
    @Grana202011 ай бұрын

    Waited all my life for this video. Thanks God somebody got it done nicely 🤛👏

  • @Joseph42719
    @Joseph4271911 ай бұрын

    Really great video! Great job, wonderful!

  • @RockessentialTim

    @RockessentialTim

    11 ай бұрын

    Thanks for the cool comment!

  • @shovelhead56
    @shovelhead5611 ай бұрын

    Just discovered your Channel and REALLY Dig it! Brilliant Narratives and such Captivating Back Stories🤙

  • @RockessentialTim

    @RockessentialTim

    11 ай бұрын

    I'm glad you like it and I'm glad you said so. Thanks!

  • @billm8442
    @billm84428 ай бұрын

    most excellent

  • @edjuillard4054
    @edjuillard405411 ай бұрын

    ♥️ Your Tours Are Like A Great Book that you don't want to end. I often go back to past episodes. You are so literary in your narrative and are a great word smith. Thank You for all these! You bring Enlightenment and Joy. 🙌🙌🌅🌅

  • @RockessentialTim

    @RockessentialTim

    11 ай бұрын

    Just got home from a 2 hour ride back from filming and I'm kinda glad that chapter is over! Thanks for your cool comment, Ed. It is much appreciated!

  • @mikebrison1838
    @mikebrison183811 ай бұрын

    Btw…. Another great video. Love your work

  • @roberthamlin6638
    @roberthamlin663811 ай бұрын

    Wow, thanks so much for doing this. I’ve been a TW fan since the late 70s. I knew very little about him until now.

  • @Raelven
    @Raelven8 ай бұрын

    Phenomenal tour, thank you.

  • @RockessentialTim

    @RockessentialTim

    8 ай бұрын

    Thanks. I love Tom so it was my total pleasure.

  • @rickhbrown
    @rickhbrown11 ай бұрын

    One of your best, many thanks

  • @RockessentialTim

    @RockessentialTim

    11 ай бұрын

    Thanks, Rick!

  • @ReactionShot
    @ReactionShot11 ай бұрын

    First Tom Waits album I ever heard was Nighthawks at the Diner. I've been in love with his music ever since.

  • @chrisstephens5310
    @chrisstephens531011 ай бұрын

    thank you.

  • @RockessentialTim

    @RockessentialTim

    11 ай бұрын

    yer welcome.

  • @jeffreycooley2032
    @jeffreycooley203211 ай бұрын

    Tom Waits is ONE of ONE. A truly unique artist, and someone who deserves his accolades, even though he probably couldn't care less about it. Being an L.A. native, I know most of those places, but had no idea that they were once Waits' hangout/business/muses. Great video

  • @RockessentialTim

    @RockessentialTim

    11 ай бұрын

    Would've given anything to have been a fly on the wall during one of his sessions...

  • @freightdawg6762
    @freightdawg676211 ай бұрын

    Excellent Tim!

  • @raindog428
    @raindog42811 ай бұрын

    Tom has always been surrounded by brilliant musicians as well

  • @RockessentialTim

    @RockessentialTim

    11 ай бұрын

    Totally! I don't think anyone without pretty great chops would be able to keep up with him.

  • @sonnycarter8447
    @sonnycarter844711 ай бұрын

    I actually lived in that neighborhood as a kid in the late 60s. Played with the kids that lived at the end of the cul-de-sac there on Kentucky. It looked just like it does now. Doesn't fit the image of TW at all..still great job as always..!!

  • @1rwjwith
    @1rwjwith11 ай бұрын

    Great episode!

  • @jimmie999999999
    @jimmie999999999Ай бұрын

    we are gonna miss him when he goes to his next big show

  • @BednariksGhost
    @BednariksGhost11 ай бұрын

    That was loads of fun, thanks so much!

  • @tuleebird4637
    @tuleebird463711 ай бұрын

    Really good. Thanks for the link, Carlos!

  • @senatorjimdracula1603
    @senatorjimdracula160311 ай бұрын

    GREAT episode! I love Tom Waits.

  • @uc1992
    @uc199211 ай бұрын

    God, I love these videos.

  • @raysville7256
    @raysville725611 ай бұрын

    Wonderful travelogue, great fun. Thank you!

  • @zenvagabond
    @zenvagabond20 күн бұрын

    Great vid and story - thx!

  • @RockessentialTim

    @RockessentialTim

    20 күн бұрын

    Right on, thanks.

  • @user-mr3gv8dv6s
    @user-mr3gv8dv6s11 ай бұрын

    Another excellent story from a master storyteller!

  • @samsquid65
    @samsquid6511 ай бұрын

    I cant thank you enough for that video. Very informative. Joined so many dots.

  • @RockessentialTim

    @RockessentialTim

    11 ай бұрын

    He is such an amazing and interesting guy it made for a really fun and easy vid shoot. Thanks for the comment!

  • @meesalikeu
    @meesalikeu11 ай бұрын

    this was faaaaantastic. loves it. very well done and to the point. thank you.

  • @ryandugan6131
    @ryandugan61313 ай бұрын

    Came across this today. How wonderful. Thank you very much for the work you put into this. Tom remains a lifelong favorite.

  • @RockessentialTim

    @RockessentialTim

    3 ай бұрын

    Thanks much. Tom is also one of my faves and this vid was very special to make.

  • @kevincampbell2032
    @kevincampbell203211 ай бұрын

    EXCELLENT

  • @robertcronin6603
    @robertcronin66038 ай бұрын

    Wow....I love Tom - when I discovered him I was instantly hooked....the first song that I ever heard was Poncho's Lament and after that I was an instant appreciator....thanks for the great video.

  • @gilalvarado9237
    @gilalvarado923711 ай бұрын

    Very cool. Thank you.

  • @michaelmccollister7482
    @michaelmccollister748211 ай бұрын

    Been waiting for this one, and it was soooo worth the wait. Loved it. You covered a lot of new neighborhoods--as did Tom. Never heard about TW being a fan of Bukowski, but it makes perfect sense. Thanks Tim! I'm sending this to all TW fans!

  • @RockessentialTim

    @RockessentialTim

    11 ай бұрын

    Thanks my man, it is appreciated. I had a lot of fun making this one especially cuz it gave me an excuse to go down and hang in San Diego for a day!

  • @dugaldhutchings404
    @dugaldhutchings40411 ай бұрын

    Another fabulous one Tim, thanks so much !

  • @RockessentialTim

    @RockessentialTim

    11 ай бұрын

    LOVED doing this one. Thanks!

  • @kevinjoseph517
    @kevinjoseph5174 ай бұрын

    THANK YOU

  • @RockessentialTim

    @RockessentialTim

    4 ай бұрын

    Right on. Love Tom and loved making this vid. BTW: As far as I know the closest he ever came to living in Westwood was at The Tropicana in West Hollywood.

  • @zeroatomfault
    @zeroatomfault11 ай бұрын

    Just made my Saturday. ❤

  • @RockessentialTim

    @RockessentialTim

    11 ай бұрын

    And you just made mine!

  • @joemeyer6876
    @joemeyer687611 ай бұрын

    Very good !

  • @kevinhensley4643
    @kevinhensley464311 ай бұрын

    Another excellent video, 👏

  • @RockessentialTim

    @RockessentialTim

    11 ай бұрын

    Thanks my man!

  • @allisonandrews4719
    @allisonandrews471911 ай бұрын

    This was ridiculously good.

  • @Beatles123ful
    @Beatles123ful10 ай бұрын

    Awesome series love it !

  • @RockessentialTim

    @RockessentialTim

    10 ай бұрын

    Right on, thanks!

  • @derycktrahair8108
    @derycktrahair810811 ай бұрын

    Those places still have a vibe about them. You have a sense of history. Thanks for a great video.

  • @RockessentialTim

    @RockessentialTim

    11 ай бұрын

    Right on, thanks!

  • @mikebrison1838
    @mikebrison183811 ай бұрын

    I wondered when you’d get to canter’s. Having grown up, gone to high school, and worked in that area I also am very familiar with that part of the Fairfax area - the free press book store, the newspaper nest, Aron’s records etc. More than once I saw Tom walking up/down Fairfax with a guitar playing, singing, smoking and shaking his head. A real treat for someone who knew and appreciated who he was.

  • @RockessentialTim

    @RockessentialTim

    11 ай бұрын

    I saved the best for last! I used to work right across the street at Damiano's Pizza for a brief time.

  • @tubejohn27
    @tubejohn274 ай бұрын

    Great piece on one of my all-time favorites! I lived in East Hollywood in the latter part of his tenure their, so it was nice to tour the very changed neighborhood we shared. Thanks for this👍😎

  • @RockessentialTim

    @RockessentialTim

    4 ай бұрын

    My favorite part of the shoot was the former Sewers of Paris club on Cosmos St. It later became a rock club I'd go to once in awhile, I think it was called the gas light or gas lamp. Very dark and mysterious. Waits would have loved it!

  • @leeca4478
    @leeca447810 ай бұрын

    Hello Tim, I love your stuff - a great Sunday afternoon for me is kicking back and watching some of your videos....thank you.

  • @RockessentialTim

    @RockessentialTim

    10 ай бұрын

    Best comment of the day. Thank you!

  • @jebbaldwin8516
    @jebbaldwin851611 ай бұрын

    FINALLY.........excellent video......thank you.....now im trying to remember the play i saw him in one night

  • @RockessentialTim

    @RockessentialTim

    11 ай бұрын

    I lived at the Tropicana when I first moved to LA in 77. I used to see him there all the time at Duke's. He was in the phone booth a lot!

  • @adriancork
    @adriancork11 ай бұрын

    A really enjoyable tour of Tom Waits life and times. Thanks Tim.

  • @RockessentialTim

    @RockessentialTim

    11 ай бұрын

    Thanks much. Believe me, it was totally my pleasure to shoot this one.

  • @jeffreylebowski3216
    @jeffreylebowski321611 ай бұрын

    YES!!! NOW YOU'RE TALKING! Thanks, Tim! I really like your videos and I'm sure I'm gonna LOVE this one! Greetings from Sweden! LET'S GO!

  • @RockessentialTim

    @RockessentialTim

    11 ай бұрын

    I hope it lives up to the hype!

  • @victorhawkins3461
    @victorhawkins346111 ай бұрын

    Lordy, Tim, you always manage to do it...I spent w-a-y too much time in many of those same places...just several years after Tom had become, well, Tom. Great job as always. Used to hear Chuck E. at the lounge at Canter's, and seeing your end shot of Canter's dining room -- with that god-awful grapevine ceiling! -- brought back a lot of memories of nights spent there tripping on blotter and just staring at the ceiling, not eating the blintzes. "The large print giveth and the small print taketh away..." TW

  • @RockessentialTim

    @RockessentialTim

    11 ай бұрын

    Ha! I hadn't been to Canter's for a decade before I went in and shot and I thought exactly the same thing. There were still the usuals in the Kibitz Room but it was too dark to shoot in there.

  • @jongibson2205
    @jongibson220511 ай бұрын

    Very informative content as always, Tim. I enjoy seeing and hearing about the old recording studios (Record Plant, Wally Heider's, Gold Star, I.D. Sound, etc.) and I especially enjoyed your Maynard G. Krebs reference. That fits Tom Waits like a glove. Well done and keep it up -- your efforts are much appreciated by all of us who grew up during the 1960s / 1970s.

  • @RockessentialTim

    @RockessentialTim

    11 ай бұрын

    Thanks, Jon. I'd love to go exploring with my camera inside some of these studios but they are very well guarded and don't like people like me coming in there. I don't get it but there is still an air of exclusivity around most of the remaining ones.

  • @andrew.l.5493
    @andrew.l.549311 ай бұрын

    Great video Tim. I didnt' know a lot the background of Tom Waits. Thanks for your effort. Cheers from Thailand.

  • @RockessentialTim

    @RockessentialTim

    11 ай бұрын

    Thanks and I didn't know a lot of the background before doing the vid either!

  • @sykorabsurd
    @sykorabsurd28 күн бұрын

    Another place Waits frequented was the SW corner of Sunset Blvd. at Broadway, the edge of Chinatown. There was a Chinese restaurant where he parked his car in front of to sleep-off a drunk. It closed & remained vacant in the 90s. It is now a multi-apartment or condo with a CVS drug store.

  • @TrevSligo
    @TrevSligo11 ай бұрын

    That was a good one! Thank you, I really enjoyed it. And I'm so glad that Tom never lived in Laurel Canyon as I got to see his whole other vibe, his real-life, gritty hoods. I'd love to know more about Kathleen Brennan too, and her role in his music. Nice work!

  • @RockessentialTim

    @RockessentialTim

    11 ай бұрын

    I loved going to those places but as with everything here in LA, they are being gentrified at a dizzying pace. It will all be, maybe not gone, but totally unrecognizable soon.

  • @mondoenterprises6710
    @mondoenterprises671011 ай бұрын

    I enjoyed the TW's Cali retrospective and learned many new things about my favorite anti-hero.

  • @RockessentialTim

    @RockessentialTim

    11 ай бұрын

    How can anyone not love this guy?

  • @Cliffswanson
    @Cliffswanson11 ай бұрын

    This is a great piece and loaded with the kind of gems I look forward learning about or being reminded of in your YT posts, Tim.. Couple of things... The number of times the Troubador comes up in the musical history of LA is astounding. My life is incomplete for never having been there, sorry to say. And, per your closing statements, despite having read some of the same literture and played music all my life I have no dilusions regarding the reality that Tom Waits is without question way more cool than I am...and we're the same age. Thanks for doing what you do here, Tim.

  • @RockessentialTim

    @RockessentialTim

    11 ай бұрын

    I love reading your comments, Cliff! I've been to the Troub many times but it was in the mid 80's on so I think it had already lost the vibe it had back in the Tom days. However, if you're ever in LA I would highly suggest having dinner at the restaurant next door, Dan Tana's. Its exactly the same as it was in the 70's, same vibe. And as far as being as cool as Tom, well second place ain't that bad a thang!

  • @Cliffswanson

    @Cliffswanson

    11 ай бұрын

    @@RockessentialTim I need to keep working on that time machine project out back 🙂

  • @dvanmartin9842
    @dvanmartin984211 ай бұрын

    Great Video! Love your LA rock and roll stories. BTW, I really liked Iain Matthews version of "Old 55" from the same time period.

  • @RockessentialTim

    @RockessentialTim

    11 ай бұрын

    I'll have to check it out, I've never heard it.

  • @owenwilberforce6138
    @owenwilberforce613811 ай бұрын

    Great video. I love Tom and know his stories and songs pretty well. All those places like Canters and Troubadour are familiar. The burrito place too is one I’ve been to but never realized it’s holiness. Tom lived a fairly black and white style existence in the Technicolor 70’s. Old cars, old clothes and old haunts. It rubbed off on his tunes and thank the gods he saw beyond Laurel Canyon. Like Bukowski, he found the beautiful in the most mundane details. It’s a pleasure to witness and there was never a better name than the Sewers of Paris. Why that went away with gentrification I’ll never understand.

  • @RockessentialTim

    @RockessentialTim

    11 ай бұрын

    Well said and all too true my friend!

  • @mikenoecker1
    @mikenoecker111 ай бұрын

    So glad to see your latest video. I used to listen to Closing Time and stare at the album cover and I have to say it really painted a picture of what I thought LA was, I think equally to Hotel California. Still gives me chills. I learned so much. I will add some of these spots to my next “Rock history” vacation there next year. I’m glad you showed the studio three location. I had the honor of spending a summer recording with Shelly Yakus many years ago and I he used to mention that place often. Thanks again. So great to see the studio locations.

  • @RockessentialTim

    @RockessentialTim

    11 ай бұрын

    I wish those studios were still there to check out. Out of the 4 Wally Heider locations only the one in San Francisco remains, I think its called Hyde Street. I have it on my list to check out, hopefully they'll let me in!

  • @RockessentialTim

    @RockessentialTim

    11 ай бұрын

    PS: Hey Shelly, here comes my girl!

  • @MBinDenver
    @MBinDenver11 ай бұрын

    Fantastic episode, Tim!! The only Tom Waits story I've heard from Denver is from when Tom used to play the old El Chapultapec piano bar downtown and sleep in his car (Old '55?) in the parking lot behind the bar!

  • @RockessentialTim

    @RockessentialTim

    11 ай бұрын

    Thanks much. The scary part about your story is it makes me long for the days when I would sleep in my car after gigs!

  • @jeffclement2468
    @jeffclement246811 ай бұрын

    Great job. Only it moves pretty briskly. Lot of info. And will it mention The Tropicana? Check. Silver Lake? Check. I was a little late to the party, being more of the Jackson Browne type listener. (But only because I hadn't been exposed to Tom's work.) Little did I know the treats that lay in wait for me. Thanks for this. 😎😻

  • @gregsvlogshow
    @gregsvlogshow11 ай бұрын

    Most definitely, Tom Waits is the coolest. I was so happy to see him live with Les Claypool on stand up bass. It was a key moment in my life!!

  • @RockessentialTim

    @RockessentialTim

    11 ай бұрын

    That had to be pretty great. Did Les get to go off and take a crazy solo?

  • @gregsvlogshow

    @gregsvlogshow

    11 ай бұрын

    @RockessentialTim no, he never did.I was waiting for him to do so but It was very professional of Claypool to play all the parts as is.

  • @RockessentialTim

    @RockessentialTim

    11 ай бұрын

    @@gregsvlogshow Les is a pretty damn cool guy himself!

  • @gregsvlogshow

    @gregsvlogshow

    11 ай бұрын

    @@RockessentialTim true

  • @JimFothergill
    @JimFothergill11 ай бұрын

    Hi Tim, Another great job from you and a nice surprise for me tonight! Thank u!!!❤

  • @RockessentialTim

    @RockessentialTim

    11 ай бұрын

    Loved doing this one. There's nobody even remotely like him.

  • @JimFothergill

    @JimFothergill

    11 ай бұрын

    @@RockessentialTim well you nailed it! I love LA history, and you’re the best I’ve ever seen do it justice! You got a big fan here in New Hampshire!

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