Mark Petruccelli

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Member Since: 8/28/2001
Total Mixes: 85
Total Feedback: 2160

Other Mixes By Mark Petruccelli

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Artist Song
Tom Waits  Ol' 55 
Tom Waits  The Heart Of Saturday Night 
Tom Waits  Tom Traubert's Blues 
Tom Waits  The Piano Has Been Drinking (Not Me) 
Tom Waits  Christmas Card From A Hooker In Minneapolis 
Tom Waits  Heartattack And Vine 
Tom Waits  Jersey Girl 
Tom Waits  16 Shells From A Thirty-Ought-Six 
Tom Waits  Swordfishtrombone 
Tom Waits  Clap Hands 
Tom Waits  Jockey Full Of Bourbon 
Tom Waits  9th & Hennepin 
Tom Waits  Gun Street Girl 
Tom Waits  Telephone Call From Istanbul 
Tom Waits  Train Song 
Tom Waits  Murder In The Red Barn 
Tom Waits  Come On Up To The House 
Tom Waits  Dead And Lovely 
Tom Waits  Make It Rain 

Comment:

Although I have stated time and time again that putting together an 80 minute disc of Tom Waits tunes is a next to impossible task, spurred on by the recent excellent Waits mixes by Team Ashcraft (Hemizen and Mahdishain)and a request from a friend at work, I decided to give it a whirl.
First off, this is not a greatest hits or favorites mix. Either of those efforts would take me at least 8 discs. I tried to match my audience, he's eight months away from retirement, very open-minded about music and already familiar with Waits. His favorite songwriter is Dylan and his favorite singer is Iris Dement. In addition, I tried to hit at least one of the following Waits styles: Classic Ballad, Spoken Word, Tin Pan Alley, Murder Ballad, Junkyard Stomp, Tongue-in-Cheek and Hoarse Screamer.
This mix leans a little strongly towards his landmark 80's trilogy (Swordfishtrombones, Raindogs and Frank's Wild Years), does not include anything from his Wilson Play Soundtracks, Movie Soundtracks, Tribute Albums, Benefits or any of the live stuff I have (Although the version of Ol'55 which opens is the guitar version from "Early Years 2".) The order is chronological which I think develops nicely.
A final cut list would be 3 pages long. Title is Tom's comment when informed that "Bone Machine" had just won a Grammy for Best Alternative Album.
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mahdishain
Date: 9/25/2006
although you would have to work really hard to create a tom waits mix that i wouldn't think was excellent i always find it interesting to see what songs make the cut. i'll listen to this why i wait for orphans.
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anthony lombardi
Date: 9/25/2006
i'm with mahdishain - it's pretty much impossible to make a tom waits mix that isn't fabulous in some sense; but on the other side of the spectrum, it's also impossible to make the perfect tom waits mix cause he has so much great music & so many trademarks that will unfortunately not make the cut for length reasons. so we can bemoan the absences with any waits mix, or we can celebrate what's here. i'm for the latter. this is actually pretty excellent, a fine mix in tribute to a fine artist.
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hemizen
Date: 9/26/2006
Excellent!
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Barrydali
Date: 9/26/2006
Fittingly superb Mark.
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Bear
Date: 9/26/2006
A pretty fine summary. You're right; too much to miss but lots of my personal favourites here.
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Nomates
Date: 9/26/2006
And they said it couldn't be done... They reckoned without Petruccelli... Superb.
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GambleOn
Date: 9/26/2006
I think it turned out pretty great. Like Mahdishai/lombardi said, almost any attmept at a Waits mix is bound to be superb.
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Jenergy
Date: 9/26/2006
Hard to add to whats been said so I'll just say I like it.

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Mo Twang!
Date: 9/26/2006
really nice
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joey de vivre
Date: 9/26/2006
Worth the Waits!
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wildcherrypoptart
Date: 9/26/2006
This is a great mix!!!!
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Rob Conroy
Date: 9/26/2006
This is a pretty great sampler, no matter what the intended audience. Nice work, Mark.
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sammyg123
Date: 9/26/2006
I agree with each and every comment. Hard to go wrong wit a Tom Waits mix..
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Feat Fan
Date: 9/26/2006
Small Change Got Rained On!

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Haller
Hart
Davenport
Alou

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The Misfit
Date: 9/26/2006
A nicely balanced overview. Well done!
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Sean Lally
Date: 9/27/2006
you can never go wrong with TW - i was thrilled to hear him play track 3 at the recent Akron show.
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groove366
Date: 9/27/2006
Classic guy.