Tom Waits has long been the leading ambassador ... The Road"; the caterwauling multi-tracked Tom choir bawling out "Goodnight Irene"; the prisoner in "Fish In The Jailhouse" bragging about his ...

Sulphur Springs, Texas Hometown of Tom's father ... a true force of nature." Waits has also recorded Leadbelly's "Goodnight Irene." John A. and Alan Lomax I wouldn't force this if it weren ...