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Tom Waits: Thomas Wolfe Auditorium, Asheville, NC

Fred Mills, Harp, 2 August 2006

HE CAME, he saw, he conquered. Meanwhile, he hoisted that rag, he got behind the mule, and he tangoed until we were just about sore. That's Tom Waits, putting on a stunning two-hour performance in Asheville, North Carolina, the second night of his eight-date "Orphans Tour."

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