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Broken Bicycles 2:400:00/2:40
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Chocolate Jesus 3:440:00/3:44
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San Diego Serenade 3:490:00/3:49
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0:00/3:57
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Yesterday Is Here 3:010:00/3:01
Press / Reviews
“Skuller embraces the dark and moody but injects the tender promise of hope. Not an easy thing for most singers to pull off.” - PHILADELPHIA DAILY NEWS
“His lofty tenor is too original to pigeonhole... Eddie Skuller has the kind of voice people like to label. Comparisons range from Roy Orbison to George Michael to even Cher” - NEW YORK TIMES
“Eddie Skuller brought the songs of Tom Waits to life last night and it was like hearing them for the first time” - JIM TESTA, CONSTANT LISTENER
“With his Boy George-meets-Frank Sinatra delivery, singer Eddie Skuller is able to create a cohesive exploration of the profound side of pop despair” - PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER
Music & live video
ABOUT THIS SHOW
Eddie Skuller's BALLADS OF TOM WAITS is an honest, emotionally rich tribute to one of America’s greatest songwriters.
Eddie Skuller explores the dark, poetic world of Tom Waits with diverse selections from his extensive catalog. Although Skuller’s amber-saturated vocals contrast with Wait’s raucous gravel-like voice, there is a connection channeled through the music's emotional depth and lyrical intensity. Skuller can forge a deep, powerful bond with his audience, which enhances the tragic expression at the core of Waits’ music. “I connect with the strange nature of life expressed in Waits’ songs through themes of sorrow, regret, desire and dreams,” says Skuller.
This show features many songs from Tom Waits’ extensive catalog including the ageless treasures “I Hope That I Don’t Fall In Love With You,” “San Diego Serenade,” “Ol’ 55,” “Downtown Train,” and “Jersey Girl.”
Eddie Skuller is accompanied by Joe McGinty (Psychedelic Furs, Ryan Adams, Rhett Miller) on keyboards and Jeremy Chatzky (Bruce Springsteen, Steve Earle, Laura Cantrell) on upright bass. Both musicians are masters of the New York music scene with whom Skuller has performed as a perennial guest singer with The Losers Lounge, an acclaimed tribute series that appears at Joe’s Pub and City Winery.
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