{"product_id":"9780826427823","title":"Tom Waits' Swordfishtrombones","description":"Author: Smay, David\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9780826427823\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Bloomsbury\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 01 Mar 2008\u003cbr\u003ePages: 144 Format: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTwo entwined narratives run through the creation of \u003ci\u003eSwordfishtrombones\u003c\/i\u003e and form the backbone of this book. As the 1970s ended, Waits felt increasingly constrained and trapped by his persona and career. Bitter and desperately unhappy, he moved to New York in 1979 to change his life. It wasn't working. But at his low point, he got the phone call that changed everything- Francis Ford Coppola asked Tom to write the score for \u003ci\u003eOne From the Heart\u003c\/i\u003e. Waits moved back to Los Angeles to work at Zoetrope's Hollywood studio for the next eighteen months. He cleaned up, disciplined himself as a songwriter and musician, collaborated closely with Coppola and met a script analyst named Kathleen Brennan - his only true love.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThey married within two months at the Always and Forever Yours Wedding Chapel at 2am. \u003ci\u003eSwordfishtrombones\u003c\/i\u003e was the first thing Waits recorded after his marriage, and it was at Kathleen's urging that he made a record that conceded exactly nothing to his record label, or the critics, or his fans. There aren't many love stories where the happy ending sounds like a paint can tumbling in an empty cement mixer!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKathleen Brennan was sorely disappointed by Tom's record collection. She forced him out of his comfortable jazzbo pocket to take in foreign film scores, German theatre and Asian percussion. These two stories of a man creating that elusive American second act, and also finding the perfect collaborator in his wife give this book a natural forward drive.","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46616116953246,"sku":"UBD-9780826427823","price":19.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9780826427823.jpg?v=1773809454","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9780826427823","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}