Omar Torrez

[R_of_G]

So I've recently been listening to some shows from Tom Waits' 2008 Glitter and Doom tour. The guitar player in Tom's band for these shows is a guy called Omar Torrez. I was not aware of him previously, but he has really impressed me. I know what pretty much every lick of every song of Tom's should sound like (especially the ones that were first played by Marc Ribot) but Torrez seems to have studied them quite well and adds some of his own which all fit perfectly.

He also fronts his own band, The Omar Torrez Band.

Here is his site, where you can find some video and audio samples...

http://www.omartorrez.com/frame_welcome.php

Here is a youtube clip of Omar playing "Make It Rain" with Tom Waits...



Here is some Omar Torrez Band (feat. live performance and interview clips)

 

[tot_Ou_tard]

Sweet ROG, I hadn't heard of him before.

He mentioned Mano Chao in the interview.



I love Mano Chao. He is the best multilingual, multicultural collagist out there. You should also hear him from his days in Mano Negra.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manu_Chao

I'll start a Mano Chao thread so as not to distract from Omar Torres here.