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Tom Grose
Progressive / Rock / Jazz

		"UNSMOOTH JAZZ FOR THE POST-MELODIC GENERATION" DECATUR, Georgia United States Profile Views: 18507 Last Login: 7/24/2008
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Tom Grose: General Info

Member Since

3/17/2006

Band Website

tomgrose.com

Band Members

BUY TOM GROSE MUSIC

Influences

Bach, Debussy, Stravinsky, Wagner. The Allman Brothers Band, Jeff Beck, Frank Zappa, Stevie Wonder, The Beatles and The Beach Boys. Wayne Shorter, Joe Zawinul, Herbie Hancock, Charlie Parker, Thelonious Monk, Miles Davis, Charles Mingus and John Coltrane. George Duke, Billy Powell, Max Middleton, Terry Adams, Chuck Leavell, Billy Payne, Jerry Lee Lewis, Latimore and Little Richard. Donny Hathaway, Frank Sinatra, Aretha Franklin, Luther Vandross and Karen Carpenter. Carol King, Lieber & Stoller, Lennon & McCartney, Cole Porter, Becker & Fagen, Smokey Robinson, Hall & Oates, Laura Nyro, Bacharach & David, Holland/Dozier/Holland, Jerry Ragovoy, Todd Rundgren and Brian Wilson.

Sounds Like

UNSMOOTH JAZZ FOR THE POST-MELODIC GENERATION

My CDs Music For Television, jetsam and At Bay are available for purchase at CD Baby.

My Album jetsam Now Available At ITunes

Buy jetsam at ITunes

Sean O'Rourke: Drums*
Tom Grose: Everything else*

*unless otherwise noted in the Lyrics section of the STANDALONE mp3 player

Type of Label

None

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About Tom Grose

grosemusic@aol.com

XM Satellite Radio 72 Beyond Jazz is currently playing my music. You can request tracks from my two upcoming releases (jetsam and At Bay) by clicking on either album image:

(Once you have linked to the XM Fan page, click on the "request" link provided under each song title)

Mississippi-born, Atlanta-bred. Musically obsessed. Protestant. Loves people and animals. Politically conservative, compositionally deranged. Exercises in order to enjoy food. Optimistic and somewhat-reality-based. Heterosexual.

Led a popular band in Atlanta during the mid-80s and early 90s called Tom Grose & The Varsity which received lots of radio airplay, scads of press and quite a bit of national television exposure. Consistently played to sold-out houses. Won numerous awards. Played and sang on countless albums. Recorded with Will Lee, Hamish Stuart, Steve Ferrone, Slave, Michael Brecker, Lou Marini, Steve Khan, Anthony Jackson, Al Kooper, David Martin, Howard Tate, Jerry Ragovoy, Jai Johanny Johanson, Rodney Mills, Danny Chauncey, Dan Huff, Trudy Lynn, Blues Boy Willie, Johnny Van Zant, Babbie Mason, Francine Reed and Third Day. Wrote the theme song for and performed in the first NBA music video with the Atlanta Hawks. Made the semifinals on "StarSearch." Won the $100,000 Grand Prize on "You Write The Songs." Wrote the score for "Rockin' To The Pointe," the first rock & roll ballet performed by The Atlanta Ballet at the Atlanta Civic Center during two seasons in 1989 and 1991. Sang and played on many national and regional radio and television commercials. Was the voice of the Dow Scrubbing Bubbles' New Trigger Sprayer. Sang about the wonders of banking, mortar mixes and food. Should be rich, but has a slight aversion to self-promotion. Would like to stop smoking and has indeed cut back somewhat. Enjoys coffee, doesn't drink alcohol, take drugs or smoke weed. Never felt better.

If you'd like to download one of my recent albums, click on the picture:

Has played live with (meaning: has performed on the same stage at the exact same time as) the following musical persons: David Sanborn, Jack Bruce, Al Kooper, Lew Soloff, Little Milton, Joe Sample, Oteil Burbridge, Glenn Hughes, Derek Trucks, Latimore, Sonny Emory, The Uptown Horns, Branford Marsalis, Howard Tate and Omar Hakim, and also with other people, including Jon Chalden.

Likes almost everything ever released by The Beatles, The Beach Boys, The Allman Brothers Band, Jeff Beck, Frank Zappa, Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Charles Mingus, Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, Joe Zawinul, NRBQ, The Young Rascals, Gentle Giant, Luther Vandross, David Sanborn, Donny Hathaway, Stevie Wonder, George Duke, Todd Rundgren, Jimi Hendrix, Cream, Yes, James Brown, Aretha Franklin, Frank Sinatra, Louis Prima, Led Zeppelin, XTC, Steely Dan, Little Feat, Captain Beefheart, The Spinners, Smokey Robinson And The Miracles and Marvin Gaye.

Also enjoys quite a bit of what Aerosmith, The Rolling Stones, Duke Ellington, George Jones, ZZ Top, Dizzy Gillespie, Tower Of Power, Sly And The Family Stone, The Animals, Martha And The Vandellas, Al Kooper, Joni Mitchell and Count Basie have done.

Currently gigging with The Rupert's Orchestra, The Mike Veal Band and anyone else who calls. Call.

What has happened to the music business in the last twenty-five years is a travesty. Go global or sink.

Tom Grose's Friend Space (Top 24)

Tom Grose has 782 friends.

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Steve Cunningham	Jul 23 2008 10:45 PM I guess if I'm truly to become a member of the MySpace community, I should repeat/reinforce the gist of our earlier phone conversation, for all to sit in judgement of... I'm totally digging your new tunes, and am totally looking forward to playing them in our new Supergroup - "Further Reprisals"! There-I said it!!
Steve Cunningham	Jul 22 2008 10:04 PM How does this work...is this thing on?
green bracelet	Jul 8 2008 12:17 PM wow...what an honor that we are still gracing your top page, tom..what's up???
Keena	Jun 10 2008 7:27 AM Lost a friend Sunday night. Just wanted to take time to tell you how special you are.
SHAUN WILLIAMSON	Jun 4 2008 5:55 PM Hey! New gig & tour dates on my page..check it out!This is just starting to hit the wires, so I thought you'd like to know about this one. Cheers, Shaun http://myspace. com/flashbacktour
Tomas Ramirez	May 15 2008 8:23 AM Hola, Tommy!! Had a birthday, huh? Well, well...many happy returns. Tu amigo---Tomas.
Dorothy	May 12 2008 11:28 AM Oh my, I missed your birthday as well. Thank you for your wonderful music (and turning us on to Sean O'Rourke!)
Keena	May 12 2008 7:05 AM I just realized that I never said Happy Birthday in my last message! I hope you had a wonderful day and that this year brings much success - but, most of all, much happiness and joy!
starshine*s ~deja.vu~	Apr 25 2008 10:24 AM + + + + + + + + + + Well Happy Birthday Tom!! Hope all is going well up your way, your music is sounding Fantastic :-) Take care cher* + + + + + + + + + +
Karen	Apr 24 2008 11:56 PM HAPPY BIRTHDAY! from your B-day Buddy Karen
Keena	Apr 24 2008 10:28 PM So, do any musicians have "normal" lives? I'm working on 4 shows presently - should be slowing down instead of getting busier, but it hasn't worked that way. Sure wish I could see you. I trust that everything is absolutely wonderful with you!
George Sandler	Apr 22 2008 12:39 PM Really enjoyed playing with you last Tuesday and I am looking forward to tonight. Love the new material from "Music For Television". Hopefully we will play together many more times and not wait 15+ years to do so. Peace and great grooves, George
Wes Wood	Apr 10 2008 6:01 PM Tom, I have heard your name for years but just heard you play for the first time on a video done in Dec 07. TOP What is Hip. You were killer and nailed it. Not a trivial task for one person.. to replace the keyboards and horn section on a TOP tune! Keep on kickin! Wes
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