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SEPTEMBER - OCTOBER
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Tuesday, 25th September
The Musician
Leicester
0116 283 5533
Thursday, 27th September
The Bein Inn
Glenfarg (near Perth)
01577 830216
Friday, 28th September
Cabaret Voltaire
Edinburgh
0131 220 3234
Saturday, 29th September
The Buddle Arts Centre
Wallsend (Tyne & Wear)
0191 200 7132
Sunday, 30th September
The Maze
Nottingham
0115 947 5650
Monday, 1st October
St. Bonaventure's Club
Bristol
0870 4444 400
Tuesday, 2nd October
The Borderline
London
020 7534 6970
Wednesday, 3rd October
Alter States at The Bassment
Chelmsford
07802 333416
Friday, 5th October
The Anchor Inn
Barcombe (near Lewes)
Rounder Records: 01273 325440
Octave Records: 01273 473611
Saturday, 6th October
Radcliffe Centre
Buckingham
01296 748268
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Will Kimbrough
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Tommy Womack
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WILL KIMBROUGH
"An astounding, in-demand guitarist (Americana Music Association Instrumentalist of the Year), a producer, and creator of timeless songs in both pop motifs and dusty Americana, Will Kimbrough is slowly, but surely, becoming a household word.
Ironically, Will probably would have made it by now if TOO MANY talents didn't shackle him. His guitar playing has made him a sought-after sideman, playing for Jimmy Buffett (who recorded Will's "Piece of Work" on his License to Chill CD), Rodney Crowell, Todd Snider, Kim Richey, Josh Rouse and many, many others both in the studio and onstage. But he also produces, including a Grammy-nominated Adrienne Young, well-received records by Kate Campbell, and his co-production work on Todd Snider's acclaimed "East Nashville Skyline". Indeed, if he concentrated on production alone, perhaps he'd be better known.
But then there is Will Kimbrough the solo artist. His solo records, "This", "Home Away", "Godsend" and his latest album "Americanitis" betray an immense command of songwriting craft - catchy hooks, haunting, introspective lyrics, and a tasteful resistance to making his own records a showcase merely for his guitar prowess. Once again, if that were all he did, people would know him now.
A prodigy who was singing in a soul band at the age of 13 and leading his own punk trio at 15, Will has literally been on the road ever since. From '84 to '92, Will and the Bushmen ruled the southern club roost and had their brief, shining MTV moment. Then came a move to Nashville and his next great band, the bis-quits, from '92 to '94, who made one critically acclaimed record for John Prine's Oh Boy! Label. After that he went on the road with Todd Snider for four years. Recently Will was tapped to be Rodney Crowell's opening act and lead guitarist which demands much of his time; what time in 2005 he had to spare he spent assembling his new band, Daddy, for their debut release. Since then he has either been on the road, in the studio, or with his wife Jessica and two girls, Emma and Sadie.
www.willkimbrough.com
TOMMY WOMACK
Tommy Womack The name Tommy might not be the first you think of when you hear the name "Womack," but all of that is subject to change. After weathering a nervous breakdown, a number of dead-end day jobs and the realization that being a rock star is a young man's dream, Nashville songwriter Tommy Womack is determined to make himself a star through sheer optimism. On his witty, poignant new album, "There, I Said It!", Womack explores the fate of a songwriter struggling to keep his head above the daily grind. "I'm blown away by these new songs," friend and collaborator Will Kimbrough told the Nashville Scene, "but I always expect Tommy's songs to be brilliant. He's like a hillbilly Woody Allen, and this album is a rock and roll equivalent of the film Little Miss Sunshine".
Tommy tells his own story. "My name is Tommy Glynn Womack. Skot Willis once said I was the craziest person he'd ever met who had his life together. Todd Snider says I'm the only person he's ever met in Nashville who's crazier than he is. So I must be crazy, I guess. I can't tell. Crazy for most folks must just be what normal feels like for me."
"I make records, I write. I play shows. And being an artist of, shall we say, minor repute, I am also compelled to spend my Mondays through Fridays at a company that employs 18,000 people, maintains a zero-tolerance drugs and alcohol policy, and - thankfully for me so far - an apparent zero-enforcement of such".
"More Facts! I live in Nashville, Tennessee, USA with my wife Beth, two cats, Pete & Shelley, and our beautiful boy Nathan. From 1985 through 1992 I played in a band called Government Cheese. From 1992 through 1994 I played in a band called the Bis-quits and in 1995, my book 'Cheese Chronicles: The True Story of a Rock and Roll Band You've Never Heard Of' was published."
www.tommywomack.com
www.www.myspace.com/tommywomack
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