DORIAN WOOD

What does the Swordfishtrombones album mean to you ?
“I actually worked my way backwards to Swordfishtrombones from Mule Variations. There’s a consistency in the strength and style of Tom Waits that I truly admire, and it’s always been very easy for me to navigate through his catalog à la time traveling, only his music exists in a parallel timeline all its own. Swordfishtrombones is more than just timeless, it found a way to fracture time.”

When did you first hear the record and what impact did it have on you?
“I started my first band in my late twenties and I was struggling to fine-tune my own style. Mule Variations was circling my mind constantly, and my guitarist Dan Kozak told me that I needed to hear Swordfishtrombones if I was to embrace my new love for Tom Waits. So I did, and as is the case with a lot of music I become obsessed with, I heard it once and set it aside for months.

How do you plan on adapting the music for your performance?
“The great fortune of singing Tom Waits songs is that we share the same key, so part of the fun is gleefully tumbling around his arrangements as the deranged diva that I am.”

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