With a band including Fats Kaplin and Andrew Hardin, this is the great Tom Russell live on a German TV show in 1992 with the title track from his 1987 album. Have a great weekend everyone.
What can you say about Tom Russell that hasn't already been said either by critics, fellow musicians and songwriters, along with some of the most esteemed wordsmiths of our generation: "Best songwriter of my generation" (Mike Reaganstreiff - Montreal Gazette). "Tom Russell is Johnny Cash, Jim Harrison, and Charles Bukowski…
And so once more to the 100 Club, the habitual stopover of Tom Russell in London for an evening of..well, who really knows what? Unlike many musicians, Tom Russell didn't spend the pandemic recording new albums, so the bill of fare could be from any of his dozens of albums…
Collaborations can be a tricky musical venture – the artists need to complement each other and be distinctive enough not to meld into one. Barrence Whitfield is a Boston-based blues and r’n’b singer (born Barry White incredibly) who, with his band The Savages, had some respectable success as a recording…
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