Puzzle Description:

Tom Waits (American singer-songwriter, composer and actor)

#1: Susan Duncan (medic25733) on Jul 24, 2010

Excellent puzzle David!

who the heck is tom waits?

thanks susan.

kyle, my description would vary depending on your age. for instance, I might say "he wrote Springsteen's Jersey Girl and Rod Stewart's Downtown Train" but if that doesn't mean anything I might say "he was in Dracula and sang the song you heard as they walked into the bar in Fight Club"

Here's more than probably wanted to know:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_waits

Love him, and the image is fantastic. I have "Nighthawks at the Diner" on my iPod.

it doesnt mean as much until you see what a great resemblance this puzzle is to the real picture so i had to post this:

http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://consequenceofsound.net/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/tom-waits-2.jpg&imgrefurl=http://consequenceofsound.net/2008/05/05/tom-waits-announces-tour/&usg=__kjR1WuYOkjlcOPAshHCo6v6ZONI=&h=600&w=606&sz=63&hl=en&start=0&tbnid=Y0r_dd3dfX09nM:&tbnh=160&tbnw=173&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dtom%2Bwaits%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN%26biw%3D1366%26bih%3D641%26tbs%3Disch:1&um=1&itbs=1&iact=hc&vpx=142&vpy=113&dur=109&hovh=223&hovw=226&tx=130&ty=103&ei=ZNNLTN3rJojQsAPnqelI&page=1&ndsp=21&ved=1t:429,r:0,s:0

i couldnt find a smaller link since google seems to have changed recently and now all the links are really long

Nice image.

Amazing! Thanks David!

From the title I immediately thought of him, but wondered if maybe there was some other meaning. One of the most varied and prolific musical artists; my oldest son introduced me to Tom Waits many years ago. Thank you for doing him; he kind of resists easy definition of his music, no?

P.S. David, don't forget his funny character in "Mystery Men"!

Tom rules!
Sorry, Tom, I mean Tom Waits this time...
David, such a great puzzle!

Amazing image, and very fun solve. Great job, David.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qVaEPx_VyXs

Figured it was him by the time I had the hat halfway done :)

Nicely done.

Thanks everybody.

Fantastic puzzle!...love Waits stuff.

thanks

Re #8: Say it with me... "Heller."

Plus, Tom occasionally does a spot-on Cookie Monster impersonation.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W9mhsW5aWJM

And in Loreena McKennitt's liner notes, she admits that she wanted to sing Greensleeves as she imagined Tom Waits would sing it:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R5sSrYzzIKw

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