Tom Waits -- "Big Black Mariah"
Part of Tom Waits' genius is his knack for flanking himself with great guitarists, particularly the endlessly inventive and chameleonic Marc Ribot. In this case, though, Keith Richards was exactly the right man for the job. This track plays like a primal blues, disassembled and then put back together again with a studied haphazardness. Think of Charley Patton, electrified and with a drum kit. Waits shrieks, he howls out some elliptical metaphors for what seems like a funeral service out in the sticks, and Richards follows right along by his side. The horn section completes the sound. Overall, it's a winning formula.
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