Is it Tom Waits? Is it (the brother of) Captain Beefheart? Or Dr. John? No, it is the American drummer / singer Chuck E. Weiss, once sung by Rickie Lee Jones in the song Chuck E.'s In Love. He hung out on the Jones and Tom Waits scene in the 1970s, made an album in 1981 and comes 18 years later with the follow-up Extremely Cool. The resemblance to Waits is not surprising, because he produced the
… record, co-wrote two songs, sang and played guitar. A number of songs could be on Waits' classics Swordfishtrombones or Raindogs. Other styles on this for Tom Waits fans must-buy are (Delta) blues, zydeco, jazz and rock & roll. (WvdZ)more