There are only a few performers out there who genuinely qualify as legends, but Welsh singer Sir Tom Jones is one such artist. For over 50 years, he has been a chart-topping musician, a Grammy Award-winner, a television and film star, and an international sex symbol. With his new album, Long Lost Suitcase, he has just completed a trilogy of roots-rock records that feature covers of personal favorites from the likes of Leonard Cohen, Gillian Welch, Hank Williams and many blues classics. He shared a few of these tracks, along with some Jones’ own hits from throughout his long career, for a very enthusiastic crowd, including a beaming Anne Litt (a legend in her own right), who conducted an interview with the man himself.
Take a peek:
![Image Not Available Tom Jones and his band](https://www.kcrw.com/images/image_replaced.png/@@images/da2f5f24-a901-462b-a588-2cf952bd04d3.webp)
![Image Not Available Rocking out](https://www.kcrw.com/images/image_replaced.png/@@images/da2f5f24-a901-462b-a588-2cf952bd04d3.webp)
![Image Not Available Regaling Anne Litt & the crowd with Elvis stories](https://www.kcrw.com/images/image_replaced.png/@@images/da2f5f24-a901-462b-a588-2cf952bd04d3.webp)
![Image Not Available Striking a contemplative pose](https://www.kcrw.com/images/image_replaced.png/@@images/da2f5f24-a901-462b-a588-2cf952bd04d3.webp)
![Image Not Available Rocking out (w/accordion)](https://www.kcrw.com/images/image_replaced.png/@@images/da2f5f24-a901-462b-a588-2cf952bd04d3.webp)
![Image Not Available The legendary Tom Jones](https://www.kcrw.com/images/image_replaced.png/@@images/da2f5f24-a901-462b-a588-2cf952bd04d3.webp)
(all photos by Larry Hirshowitz)
Set List:
Take My Love (I Want to Give It)
Raise a Ruckus
Opportunity to Cry
Delilah
If I Give My Soul
Thunderball
(INTERVIEW with ANNE LITT)
Elvis Presley Blues
‘Til My Back Ain’t Got No Bone
Soul of a Man
Strange Things
Green Green Grass of Home
I Wish You Would
ENCORE:
It’s Not Unusual
Tower of Song
Don’t Knock
Didn’t It Rain
Musicians:
Sir Tom Jones
Marco Giovino – Musical Director – Drums
Doug Lancio – Guitar
Viktor Krauss – Bass
Patrick Warren – Keys
We’ll be airing an edited version of this special live performance & interview on Morning Becomes Eclectic on Tuesday, December 22, so please join us!
ERIC J. LAWRENCE