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Mule Variations
Mule Variations is the twelfth studio album by American musician Tom Waits, released on April 16, 1999 on the ANTI- label. It was Waits's first studio album since "The Black Rider" (1993). It won a Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Folk Album and was nominated for Best Male Rock Performance for the track "Hold On". It also sold more than 500,000 copies worldwide.
The album was backed by an extensive tour in Europe and North America during the summer and autumn of 1999
We are huge fans." Waits himself was full of praise for the label, saying "Epitaph is rare for being owned and operated by musicians. They have good taste and a load of enthusiasm, plus they're nice people. And they gave me a brand-new Cadillac, of course."
In 1999, Waits performed at the Hummingbird Centre in Toronto His first album on his new label, "Mule Variations", was issued that year. "Billboard" described the album as musically melding "backwoods