Blue Valentines (Tom Waits) - Robert Harsch, keys & vocal

Fantastic!!! Being an obsessive Waits fan I always find it interesting to see peoples covers, yet Tom Waits impersonators I find almost embarrassing to watch. This isn't like that at all and I think you have done a really interesting cover, you've maintained that real sense of dreariness in the original whilst adding your own artistic flair! I love the anonymous lighting set up too, it works beautifully. Being a musician I find videos like this really inspirational, and a breath of fresh air.
J

Thank you very much!
Tom has written so many wonderful songs; there are a few more I may get around to covering.
~R

very nice indeed. the keyboard sound is a great alternative. i think you may have the same problem as me when performing this - to tom waits vocally or to not tom waits vocally. its tempting to rasp but difficult to pull off. you make a good job of it though...'the whole lot of whiskey' line is just such a good one to sing from the heart.

Thanks much!
Tom's version is so visceral, even though I never try to imitate him, when you try to stay true to the spirit of the song, that rasp seems to sneak in on its own. The fact that it was late at night & I'd had a few G&Ts in a smoky bar adds to it, too.
~R

you get off a bit at times when you try to get raspy.

Even Tom would take his hat off ...
Sooperb ...

Thanks a bunch! That's high praise, indeed!
~R

So beautiful and relaxing! Fantastic song and singing! ;)

Thank you so much, Karen!!
Made my day!
~R

Danke, Jake!
~R