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Kathleen Patricia Brennan (born 1955) is an American musician, songwriter, record producer, and artist. She is known for her work as a co-writer, producer, and influence on the work of her husband Tom Waits.
Kathleen Brennan was born on 2 March 1955 in Johnsburg, Illinois, USA. She is a composer and writer, known for Adrift (2018), The Last Castle (2001) and Shazam! (2019). She has been married to Tom Waits since 10 August 1980.
- Composer, Writer, Music Department
- March 2, 1955
- Kathleen Brennan
- “Hang Down Your Head” – Tom Waits
- “Come on Up to The House” – Tom Waits
- “Alice ” – Tom Waits
- “Back in The Crowd” – Tom Waits
- “Bad as Me” – Tom Waits
Written by Kathleen Brennan and Tom Waits Hang down your head for sorrow / Hang down your head for me / Hang down your head tomorrow / Hang down your head, Marie, Waits wails in his 1985 tune “Hang Down Your Head.” From his acclaimed album Rain Dogs, the off-kilter folk rocker “Hang Down Your Head” was a joint effort from the husband-wife duo. Rain...
Written by Kathleen Brennan and Tom Waits Well, the moon is broken and the sky is cracked / Come on up to the house / The only things that you can see is all that you lack / Come on up to the house, Waits gargles out in his enrapturing “Come On Up to the House.” The 1999 tune from his album Mule Variationsis among the most striking of his catalog, ...
Written by Kathleen Brennan and Tom Waits A murder of silhouette crows I saw / And the tears on my face / And the skates on the pond / They spell Alice, sings Waits in his jazz-flecked “Alice.” From the 2002 album of the same name, “Alice” was co-written and co-produced by the masterful pair, resulting in a beautifully chilling narrative that not o...
Written by Kathleen Brennan and Tom Waits If you don’t want these arms to hold you / If you don’t want these lips to kiss you / If you’ve found someone new / Put me back in the crowd, Waits huskily croons in the 2011 tune “Back in the Crowd.” From his album Bad as Me, the Latin-textured song is a more subdued offering from the couple, but a deeply ...
Written by Kathleen Brennan and Tom Waits You’re the head on the spear / You’re the nail on the cross / You’re the fly in my beer / You’re the key that got lost / You’re the letter from Jesus / On the bathroom wall / You’re mother superior in only a bra / You’re the same, you’re the same / You’re the same kind of bad as me, the artist croaks in his...
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Feb 24, 2020 · The Late Late Show 1981.
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Jun 24, 2020 · Tom Waits & Kathleen Brennan interview on the Late Late Show in Ireland, 1981. Performances in include “On The Nickel” and “The Piano Has Been Drinking”.Set ...
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Feb 14, 2022 · While working on the album at Wally Heider Studios in Hollywood, Waits waltzed in one day and swooned so hard for the employee Kathleen Brennan that his hat was almost finally wobbled off of his twisted head. Fortunately, it just about stayed on and sustained his mojo enough to ask her out on a date and later ask her to marry him.
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Kathleen Brennan was born on March 2, 1955 in Johnsburg, Illinois, USA. She is a composer and writer, known for Adrift (2018), The Last Castle (2001) and Shazam! (2019). She has been married to Tom Waits since August 10, 1980. They have three children.
