Tom Waits and Keith Richards recording together to contribute a track to an album of pirate ballads, sea songs and chanteys just seems to make sense on so many levels. The duo are no strangers to working together, with Richards contributing guitar and backing vocals to Waits’ 1985 critically acclaimed album Rain Dogs, and more recently on the singer-songwriter’s 2011 studio effort Bad As Me
The sprawling 36-track double-disc, which was put together by none other than Captain Jack Sparrow himself Johnny Depp, also features contributions from the likes of Shane McGowan (The Pogues), Iggy Pop, Frank Zappa, Dr. John, Broken Social Scene, Patti Smith and more. Let’s give a listen to the Waits and Richards’ saltwater-soaked, barnacle-crusted, scurvy-inducing track…
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