The first time i ever saw/heard Tom Waits was on a music show that was on channel four about thirty years ago called 'the tube'. I sat and watched him, mesmerised, while my wife was saying "what the hecks that?"
Does anybody remember the tube? I used to record it all then make a compilation tape of the best acts on my two betamax video recorders, lol. It had several hosts, leslie ash (hubba hubba) was one but the main two were jools holland and paula yates. Paula yates was supposed to be the daughter of 'tv bishop' jess yates (remember him?) but it turned out her dad was no other than Hughie Green! She died of a heroin overdose, as did her daughter Peaches Geldof a few years later....