Tom Waits is in the studio right now working on a new album that should be coming out sometime this fall, currently entitled Real Gone. He had this to say about the recording process and the musicians that he is working with:

"Hello good people. We are currently recording a new record in an old schoolhouse in Yreka, Missouri, because there's nothing like fresh material…. all new tunes by Kathleen Brennan and myself to come out in the fall. No title as of yet. We worked with Larry Taylor on bass and guitar, Mark Ribot on guitar and tres, Brain Manita on drums, Casey Waits on percussion and turntables, Les Claypool on electric bass and Harry Cody on guitar. Feelin' good about it all. Songs about Mama, liquor, trains and death. Politics, rats, war, hangings, dancing, pirates, farms, the carnival and sinning. In other words, the same 'ol dirty business; we'll see you down the road."