Growing up in southern California, Wai...In 1989, he appeared in the films Bearskin: An Urban Fairytale, Cold Feet, and Wait Until Spring.The record was a critical success, winning a Grammy for Best Contemporary Folk album, and was also his first for the independent Epitaph Records' Anti subsidiary.Label: Strange and Bea...Music and the eMusic logo are registered trademarks in the USA and other countries.Music Remote is a trademark of eMusic.Your search did not match any products.View or change your orders in Your Account.Track your recent orders.In 1989, he appeared in the films Bearskin: An Urban Fairytale, Cold Feet, and Wait Until Spring.In 1999, Waits finally returned with a new album, Mule Variations.The record was a critical success, winning a Grammy for Best Contemporary Folk album, and was also his first for the independent Epitaph Records' Anti subsidiary.Click your browser's Back button to return to the previous page."Tom Waits on MSN Music";s.Lyrically, Waits' songs are known for atmospheric portrayals of bizarre, seedy characters and places, although he has also shown a penchant for more conventional ballads.Origins and musical beginnings Tom Waits was born (7lbs 10oz) on December 7, 1949 at Park Avenue hospital in Pomona, California to Jesse Frank Waits and Alma Johnson McMurray, both school teachers.Waits, who tau...