Tom Waits – David Letterman Show, New York City, New York, US (28 September 2004)

This particular event caused a furore behind the scenes when Mike Edison wrote a “crazed conspiracy rant” about Jon Spencer being replaced with Tom Waits for the Blues Explosion website . This was part of a bigger plan to get the a picture of Tom with Russell and Judah and send it out with a tongue-in-cheek press release (“Tom Waits Blues Explosion”) to see if the story would get picked up by the mainstream press but before the event took place a record company publicist took the text direct from the Blues Explosion website and sent it out as a legitimate press release and very nearly led to the show being called off.

from ‘I Have Fun Everywhere I Go…’ by Mike Edison.

Make It Rain: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUhWuPTBIfo

Tom Waits Interview: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NR5SHuJDlUQ