New Tom Waits covers comp to feature Bruce Springsteen, Robert Plant, Lucinda Williams and more

Where The Willow And The Dogwood Grow – a compilation of Tom Waits and Kathleen Brennan songs covered by artists such as Bruce Springsteen, Robert Plant, Lucinda Williams, Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash and Marianne Faithfull – will be released by Ace Records on May 29.

The selection is sequenced chronologically by song, opening with Bruce Springsteen’s live recording of “Jersey Girl”, Waits’ ode to Brennan from 1980’s Heartattack And Vine, and closing with Joan Baez’s version of “Day After Tomorrow” from 2004’s Real Gone. Where The Willow And The Dogwood Grow comes with extensive sleevenotes featuring a track-by-track commentary.

Pre-order the album here and check out the full tracklisting below:

1. Jersey Girl – Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band (Live at Meadowlands Arena, NJ – July 1981)
2. 16 Shells From A Thirty-Ought-Six – Bob Seger and The Silver Bullet Band
3. Gin-Soaked Boy – Southside Johnny and The Asbury Jukes
4. Jockey Full Of Bourbon – Los Lobos
5. Hang Down Your Head – Lucinda Williams
6. Temptation – Diana Krall
7. Yesterday Is Here – Bettye LaVette
8. Way Down In The Hole – The Blind Boys Of Alabama
9. Strange Weather – Marianne Faithfull
10. I Don’t Want To Grow Up – Ramones
11. Down There By The Train – Johnny Cash
12. House Where Nobody Lives – King Ernest
13. Picture In A Frame – Willie Nelson
14. Hold On – Madison Cunningham
15. The Long Way Home – Norah Jones
16. 2:19 – John Hammond
17. Diamond In Your Mind – Solomon Burke
18. Trampled Rose – Alison Kraus and Robert Plant
19. Day After Tomorrow – Joan Baez

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