Cleveland

BiographyMy new record is called I Thought I Was Fine. Its great. Its a rock and roll record. Im categorized as Americana because this business loves putting labels on people. Yes, theres a couple of country-ish songs on it, I do live in Nashville, and my southern accent is what it is, but I had an epiphany one day. I realized, hey, I hate dobros. And if I hear another song about a train in the key of G, somebodys gonna get hurt. I realized Im 58 years old, Ive survived a horrendous car crash, Ive had cancer three times, and this might be my final shot so I wanted to go back to my first love while theres still time. I went into the studio with Jonathan Bright (Raelyn Nelson Band). He played drums and I played the guitars and the bass. This time I declared that there would be none of my skilled session friends on the record. Theyre all great players, but I didnt want great. I wanted ME. Who ME is can be summed up by saying Im a songwriter and an author. Ive won the Best Song award in the Nashville Scene Critics Poll twice. My three books (including Cheese Chronicles, which Ive been told is a cult classic) have four and five-star reader ratings on Amazon. Ive written songs for Todd Snider, Jimmy Buffett, Jason 85 to 92. I played in the bis-quits (with Will Kimbrough) from 92 to 94, and we had the honor of making a record for John Prines label. Ive made eight solo albums since then (counting this new one) and Ive made three albums with a side project band called Daddy (again with Will Kimbrough). The songs? My new one starts off with Pay it Forward. Its about perseverance in a world that wants to conquer you with apathy. A Little Bit of Sex Part 2 is about the joys of post-cancer libido loss and finally the heats off. (Im serious.) I Got No Place to Go and You Dont Get Over Love are both about lost love. Job Hunting While Depressed is self-explanatory. I Thought I Was Fine is about my waking up the morning after a good gig, checking my email and finding out it wasnt a great gig after all. (Thank God my drinking days are over.) I Do is about being on the road and missing your wife. Its All About Me is about a narcissist in love, if such a thing can happen. I Wish Id Known You Better, the only ballad on the album, is a salute to my late older brother. The record has two covers: That Lucky Old Sun and Cole Porters Miss Otis Regrets. Ive never heard those songs done as rock songs before and theyre now two of my favorite tracks on the record. Oh what else is on the record? I think thats it. If youve read this all the way to the bottom, I appreciate it. You know, maybe Ill turn out in my dotage to be some revisionist hero for college listeners, like Mississippi John Hurt of something; then again, maybe Ill flap my arms and fly to the moon. Have a nice day andGod Bless. Tommy.Nashville, TNFall, 2021

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