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For the Australian retro band, see Ol' 55.
"Ol' '55" Single by Tom Waits from the album 'Closing Time' Released 1973 Length 3:55 Label Asylum Records Writer(s) Tom Waits "Ol' '55" is a song written and recorded by Tom Waits. It is the opening track on Waits' 1973 debut album, Closing Time. The song was covered by the Eagles on their 1974 album On the Border.
Waits has been critical of cover versions of the song, admitting that he was "not that particularly crazy about [the Eagles'] rendition of it ... I thought their version was a little antiseptic."[1]
Recordings
- 1973 Tom Waits on the album Closing Time
- 1974 The Eagles on the album On the Border
- 1974 Fairport Convention singer Ian Matthews, on the album Some Days You Eat the Bear.
- 1975 Eric Andersen on the album Be True To You.
- 1994 Sarah McLachlan on The Freedom Sessions. This same version also appears on the Boys On The Side soundtrack.
- 1999 Acda en De Munnik made a Dutch rendition of the song on their 1999 bonus album Live in de orangerie (included with Op voorraad).
- 2009 Sass Jordan on the album From Dusk 'Til Dawn.
Live versions
- 2010 Gov't Mule covered "Ol' 55" for the first time on July 18, 2010 in Charlotte, NC as an encore performed with Jackie Greene.
References
Tom Waits Studio albums Closing Time • The Heart of Saturday Night • Nighthawks at the Diner • Small Change • Foreign Affairs • Blue Valentine • Heartattack and Vine • Swordfishtrombones • Rain Dogs • Franks Wild Years • Bone Machine • The Black Rider • Mule Variations • Blood Money • Alice • Real Gone • Bad as MeLive albums Soundtrack albums Compilation albums Bounced Checks • Anthology of Tom Waits • Asylum Years • The Early Years, Volume One • The Early Years, Volume Two • Beautiful Maladies • Used Songs 1973–1980 • Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers & BastardsNotable songs "Ol' '55" • "I Hope That I Don't Fall in Love with You" • "The Piano Has Been Drinking (Not Me) (An Evening with Pete King)" • "Somewhere" • "Christmas Card from a Hooker in Minneapolis" • "Romeo Is Bleeding" • "Kentucky Avenue" • "Heartattack and Vine" • "Jersey Girl" • "Downtown Train" • "Way Down in the Hole" • "Young at Heart" • "Bad as Me"Tours Related articles Categories:- 1973 singles
- Tom Waits songs
- Eagles (band) songs
- Songs written by Tom Waits
- Songs produced by Glyn Johns
- Songs about automobiles
- 1970s song stubs
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