[The Horrible Esthete]

Actually, the guitarist is Duke Robillard, who is very competant, and his style, though nothing flashy, lends itself very well to the atmosphere of Waits' setlist.

Jenna only got one shot inside the venue as cameras were prohibited and the staff was seeking out any flashbulbs...

I loved the show; so very much a true musical "performance", as opposed to a "pop concert". Knowing that Waits is reluctant to perform these days (hence the 8-show "tour"), I expected him to be brusque and deliberate; but he was quite the opposite. He was warm and funny, high-spirited and even chatty. He had us eating from the palm of his hand.

Another item of note it that he rarely used the thin, raspy, whiny singing voice he sang with in most of his early work (as in "Clap Hands"), not even on numbers from later works where he applied that style (like "Get Behind the Mule"), nor did he ever use his "normal" singing voice (like in "Ol' '55" or "The Heart of Saturday Night"); he mostly uses that deep, coarse, growl, characteristic of most of his late work or older songs like "Singapore". That was my only lament....