Ed Caraeff: Tom Waits 1970s Troubadour & Los Angeles Nights

Before he became an enigmatic international icon, Tom Waits was a fixture of the West Hollywood nightclub scene, playing piano at the Troubadour and living out of the Tropicana Motel. Ed Caraeff captured Waits surrounded by cigarette smoke, greasy diners, and late-night street corners, creating an evocative visual companion to Waits' poetic beat music.