This album contains songs Tom Waits wrote and performed for the stage production of THE BLACK RIDER directed by Robert Wilson and written by William Burroughs. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Recorded at Prairie Sun Recording Studios, Cotati, California and Music Factory, Hamburg, Germany. Tom Waits - vocals, organ, keyboards, marimba, calliope, percussion; Wiliam Burroughs - vocals; Greg Cohen - various instruments; Joe Gore - guitar, banjo; Henning Stoll - viola, bassoon; Linda Deluca, Gerd Bessler - viola; Matt Brubeck - cello; Volker Hemken - clarinet; Ralph Carney - bass clarinet, saxophone; Larry Rhodes - bassoon; Nick Phelps - French horn; Kevin Porter - trombone; Hans-Jorn Braudenberg, Francis Thumm - organ; Bill Douglas, Stefan Schafer - bass; Kenny Wollesen - percussion, marimba; Don Neely - musical saw; Kathleen Brennan, Clive Butters, Joe Marquez - boots. |