Lowside of the Road: A Life of Tom Waits

Barney Hoskyns takes you down the crooked alleys of Tom Waits' extraordinary life—from California drifter to avant-garde icon. This definitive biography captures the gravelly voice, the junkyard poetry, and the fiercely guarded privacy of one of music's most enigmatic figures. Hoskyns interviewed everyone who mattered (well, almost—Waits himself stayed typically elusive), painting a portrait as rich and strange as the man's songs. Perfect for music obsessives, Waits devotees, and anyone who loves their biographies served with a shot of bourbon and a cigarette burn.