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Tom Waits Performs 'Chicago' on 'Letterman,' Shows Off eBay Purchases

  • Posted on Jul 10th 2012 10:12AM by Dan Reilly
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Tom Waits visited "Letterman" last night, marking the first time he's performed any of his Bad as Me material live. Waits performed his 2011 album's opening track "Chicago," backed by a band featuring his son Casey on drums.

Beforehand, he sat down with David Letterman to talk about jogging, which he thought was an acronym for "Jamaicans on Grass," and buying an 1800s rat trap and Henry Ford's last dying breath on eBay. Check out the performance and interview below.

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