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Get Behind the Mule Pivots to the Web Talking with show organizer and artist manager Mary Sack about the 15th annual Tom Waits tribute and Second Harvest benefit Tweet
Seth Walker and Mary SackPhoto: John Partipilo
The mission of Get Behind the Mule, Nashville’s annual Christmastime Tom Waits covers bash, is twofold. First, it’s a chance to pay tribute to the legendary gravelly-voiced troubadour alongside fellow fans and admirers from the local music community. Just as important: Raising money to fight hunger ahead of the holidays.
Named for a choice cut from Waits’ 1999 left-field hit
Mule Variations, the inaugural GBM took place in 2006 at The Basement and has been reprised each winter since, scheduled as close as possible to Dec. 7, Waits’ birthday. When founder David Noel a painter, Basement staffer and Waits superfan was planning the fourth installment in 2009, he reached out to an acquaintance, artist manager and music-biz vet Mary S