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Although he is perhaps better known as the singing/harmonica-playing half of the folk and blues partnership he has with Kenny Sultan, Tom Ball is also a steel-string guitarist of no small import; a picker whose interests and tastes cut headlong through dozens of musical cultures and several centuries.

For full bio, info on Tom's harmonica work, guitar work, novels, music books, itinerary and discography of his nearly 200 CD appearances, please click tomball.us

Three of the selections here are from his new (third) guitar CD, "Solo Guitar - Music From Films." (All three CDs are available at CDBaby.)

Selections on the new CD include:

Manha de Carnaval - from Black Orpheus
The Water is Wide - from The Bounty
Secret Love - from Calamity Jane
The Way You Look Tonight - from Swing Time
To Kill a Mockingbird (theme)
The Long Riders (theme)
Yesterday - from Help
Wild Mountain Thyme - from A Shot At Glory
Funeral March of a Marionette - from Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Pelagia's Song - from Captain Corelli's Mandolin
Blue Bell - from Finding North
The Maestro and Margarita (theme)
Jump In the Line - from Beetlejuice
Once Upon a Time in the West (theme)
Over the Rainbow - from The Wizard of Oz

Thanks for droppin' by!

PS: Yes there IS a Tom Ball & Kenny Sultan page on MySpace -- there's a link to it from the "friends" area just below.

In the meantime please feel free to visit them at tomballkennysultan.com

Cheers!

PS: here's a nice video - Maria Haro playing Sergio Assad's brilliant "Valseana." The first 30 seconds are an interview (in Spanish,) but stick with it -- it's a lovely piece:

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Reg Kehoe and his Marimba Queens:

Miguelito Valdez:

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