Monday, November 24, 2025

Complete video of Tom Waits’ Dead Man Walking benefit show available online

A new (?) version of Tom Waits' performance at the Dead Man Walking benefit concert has surfaced on the Oddities&Rarities Youtube account. The post also includes a download link for the 4k video

The setlist: 

Walk Away
Gun Street Girl
The Fall of Troy
Goin' Out West
Big Black Mariah
Yesterday Is Here
Innocent When You Dream

The band consisted of Stephen Hodges (drums), Smokey Hormel (guitar, banjo), Larry Taylor (bass) and Ralph Carney (saxes).

For the closing song, Innocent When You Dream, Waits was joined by Bonnie Raitt on guitar and John Densmore on tambourine, and Eddie Vedder, Ani DiFranco, Steve Earle, Lyle Lovett and filmmaker Tim Robbins on backing vocals. 

The event at the Los Angeles Shrine Auditorium was organized on March 29th 1998 to benefit the organization Murder Victims' Families for Reconciliation and featured performances from artists on the Dead Man Walking movie soundtrack, including Eddie Vedder, Ani DiFranco, Lyle Lovett and Steve Earle.

 

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