Hold On

by Tom Waits

Hold On cover art
  • Type: Single
  • Released: 1999-01-01
  • Label: Anti-
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 10:22
  • Community rating: 3.82/5 from 1 rating

Album Notes & Community Reviews

A ballad from 'Mule Variations', Waits's first album for Anti-, co-written with Kathleen Brennan. Its image of two lovers in a dying town is the record's most traditional construction, sung in Waits's weathered baritone.

Genres

Descriptors: repetitive, ballad, storytelling, acoustic, folk

Tracklist

  1. Hold On (5:32)
  2. Buzz Fledderjon (4:12)
  3. Big Face Money (0:38)

Credits

  • Tom Waits - primary artist, guitar, organ, written-by, bass, vocals
  • Larry Taylor - bass, acoustic guitar
  • Jeff Sloan - featuring [dog man], percussion
  • John Paul Hammond - harmonica, slide guitar
  • Casey Waits - drums, written-by

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