| Bob Alcivar |
Arranger on late Asylum albums and One from the Heart |
| Ray Bierl |
San Diego folk singer and friend |
| Chris Blackwell |
Founder of Island Records |
| Paul Body |
Troubadour doorman and friend |
| Mathilde Bondo |
Waltzing maiden of Copenhagen |
| Kathleen Brennan |
Mrs. Waits; partner and co-writer |
| Ralph Carney |
Sax and other woodwinds player; sideman for fifteen years |
| Greg Cohen |
Bass player; collaborator; ex-brother-in-law |
| Herb Cohen |
Manager, 1971–81 |
| Francis Ford Coppola |
Director of One from the Heart, Rumble Fish, The Outsiders, The Cotton Club, and Bram Stoker’s Dracula |
| Sal Crivello |
Co-owner of Napoleone’s Pizza House; Tom’s boss, 1963–9 |
| Lou Curtiss |
Mainstay of San Diego folk scene; owner of Folk Arts record store |
| Art Fein |
Troubadour regular and friend |
| Michael C Ford |
LA poet and friend |
| David Geffen |
Asylum Records founder and early champion |
| Bill Goodwin |
Waits’ drummer, mid-1970s |
| Carlos Guitarlos |
Rhythm Pig |
| Michael Hacker |
Zoetrope employee, colleague of Kathleen Brennan |
| John Hammond |
Blues singer and friend |
| Herb Hardesty |
New Orleans saxophone legend, Waits sideman |
| Martin Henry |
Veteran of San Diego folk circuit and friend |
| Stephen Hodges |
Drummer on Rain Dogs and Mule Variations; touring musician, 1985–7 |
| Bones Howe |
Producer of Waits albums from The Heart of Saturday Night to One from the Heart |
| Jim Hughart |
Studio bass player, 1974–9 |
| Jim Jarmusch |
Director of Down by Law, Mystery Train, and Coffee and Cigarettes |
| Rickie Lee Jones |
Singer-songwriter; Waits’ girlfriend, 1977–9 |
| ob LaBeau |
San Diego folkie and friend |
| Louie Lista |
Troubadour barman and blues harmonica player |
| Robert Marchese |
Troubadour manager |
| David McGee |
New York-based writer and friend |
| Mike Melvoin |
Keyboard player and arranger, The Heart of Saturday Night and Night-hawks at the Diner |
| Bette Midler |
Singer; Waits’ friend/girlfriend, 1975–7 |
| Jack Nicholson |
Co-star, Ironweed |
| Bill Plummer |
Bass player, Closing Time |
| Marc Ribot |
Guitarist on Waits albums from Rain Dogs to present day |
| Keith Richards |
Friend and musical accomplice, Rain Dogs and Bone Machine |
| Bill Schimmel |
Accordionist, Rain Dogs and Frank’s Wild Years |
| Joe Smith |
President, Elektra-Asylum Records |
| Ron Stone |
Manager with Geffen-Roberts, 1970s |
| Larry Taylor |
Bass player with Waits, 1980 to present day |
| Jack Tempchin |
San Diego songwriter and friend |
| Bobi Thomas |
Waits’ friend and girlfriend, early 1970s |
| Francis Thumm |
San Diego friend and musical collaborator |
| Alma Waits |
Mother |
| Casey Waits |
Elder son |
| Frank Waits |
Father |
| Kellesimone Waits |
Daughter |
| Sullivan Waits |
Younger son |
| Tom Waits |
Himself |
| Bob Webb |
Hootmaster, Heritage club; bass player on 1973–4 tours |
| Chuck E. Weiss |
Friend and fellow musician |
| Chip White |
Touring drummer, 1976–8 |
| Hal Willner |
Producer and compiler of tribute albums |
| Robert Wilson |
Creator of The Black Rider, Alice and Woyzeck |
| Jerry Yester |
Producer, Closing Time; arranger on Small Change and Heartattack and Vine tracks |
| Frank Zappa |
Head Mother of Invention |