Join us for 30a Songwriters Festival January 18 -20, 2013. The three-day music festival features more than 125 songwriters and over 250 performances in venues ranging from intimate listening rooms to spacious outdoor amphitheaters amid a backdrop of brilliant white sand beaches and turquoise waters along South Walton’s Scenic Highway 30A in Northwest Florida.
The 7th Annual “TOM WAITS – GET BEHIND THE MULE: A BENEFIT FOR SECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK” music event is FRIDAY, DECEMBER 7, 2012 at THE 5 SPOT in NASHVILLE, TN. Coincidentally, December 7th is also Tom Waits actual birthday. This year’s line-up features 12 international, national, regional and local artists, including: Tommy Womack & The Rush To Judgment, Ballhog!, David Olney, Afton Wolfe & the Crest Fallen Sidekicks, Jamison Sevits, Tony McLoughlin & The Hard Hearts, Ryan B. Case, Joshua Black Wilkins, Jhesi Boyer and the Lickity Splitlies, Caleb Owens & the Bones, Brian Ritchey, and Wess Floyd.
A benefit to raise money for John Boland’s young family. John (the bass player of the Toxic Shocks back in the day) died of a freak heart attack several weeks ago, leaving three little triplet boys fatherless. Please join us from 2:00-8:00 pm…
Jack Frost is nipping at our noses in Tennessee. It’s that time of year again, when most of all of us get an extra day off and ponder why the heck we’re all here and what it’s all about. Some of us may even exchange gifts. Some of us will watch an excited child rip wrapping off a box while we’re cradling a cup of coffee and trying to wake the heck up.
SPEAKING of coffee, my favorite barista manager and long-time stage cohort LISA OLIVER GRAY has her debut CD out, called “Dedicated to Love” and it’s a beautiful tuneful stocking-stuffer if ever there was one. It was produced by MICHAEL WEBB “with” me, and the backing band is basically DADDY, so you can’t go wrong. Like any good Christmas tree, it’s got a star on top and a big solid bottom. You can get it here: http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/lisaolivergray
In Nashville, this is tribute season. The gigs have slowed down for the holidays and so we invent our own gigs paying tribute to this great artist or that great artist. In December, I’ll be paying tribute to THE KINKS with Bill Lloyd at The Family Wash Dec. 2nd, TOM WAITS at The 5 Spot (Benefit for the Second Harvest Food Bank) and JOHN LENNON (Benefit for the Coalition to End Gun Violence) at The Mercy Lounge both Dec. 9th (I’ll be burning rubber that night.) and THE CLASH at The Basement Dec. 22nd. I’ll be at the annual Jambodians benefit in Bowling Green, KY Dec. 27th. My final performance of 2011 is back at The Family Wash on Dec. 29th with Tommy Womack & the RUSH TO JUDGMENT joined by Richard Dobson. He’s been called the “Hemingway of country music,” by Nanci Griffith.
So from all of me to all of you, I wish you the safest, happiest, sturdiest, freshest, crispiest of Holiday Seasons. Think Indie, Act Globally.
Love,
Tommy
Hi friend;
I’m excited to be going back to Eddie’s Attic in Decatur, GA this weekend. I’ll be there with Amy Speace at 8 PM. You can find them online at eddiesattic.com or facebook.com/eddiesattic. It’s one of my favorite venues to play and if you know any people in the Atlanta/Decatur area, I would appreciate you spreading the good word to them.
This won’t be my typical solo acoustic deal at Eddie’s. I’m bringing my band the Rush to Judgment with me: Lisa Oliver Gray on vocals, Dan Seymour on bass and Justin Amaral on drums. If you’ve seen me stripped-down at Eddie’s before, let me assure you that the band experience is a whole different animal. Well, not THAT different. More like me, but just with more people.
I hope you can make it to the show, or let friends in that area of the country know that I’m coming their way.
The Americana Music Association fest this past was a big success. My gig at the Basement was the bomb (in a good way). The good folks at Music Fog shot the raw footage for a long-form video to help promote my upcoming record and I’m chuffed to see what turns out from that.
I’ll be back at the Music City Roots show at the Loveless Cafe barn on Oct. 26th and don’t forget the big Lisa Oliver Gray record-release shindig at the Rutledge November 11th. Her upcoming debut CD, “Dedicated to Love” is a great piece of music.
I hope you’re doing well wherever you are. Cheers!
Tommy
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