Woody Guthrie, Buddy Guy, Tito Puente, Duane Allman, Humphrey Bogart, Ghandi, Luis Bunuel, Picasso, Pollock, Dylan, Fellini, P.T. Barnum, Velevet Underground, Sonny Boy Williamson, Doc Watson, The Dead, Waits, Williams, Clearwater, Fluxus, Lennon et al, Shankar, Kerouac, Bill & Bob, too many more, all my friends and peers and teachers, and those I have yet to hear, but mostly my brothers and sisters...
character, lead guitarist, actor, writer, rover ...
performance artist with an accordion / a bluesman with a silver resonator and a slide on his finger/ pirate hanging from the tavern rafters while bragging of his latest plunder/ chicken pickin guitarist on the side of a country singer or an r & b legend/ actor strutting the boards in a play / a whirling dervish mystic named Shams in Pouria Montazeris film about the great poet Rumi/ a jamming member of a pretty coed hippie band called the Big Happy/ actor in a film or music video, lately playing gypsies tramps and thieves / a guy playing the guitar in the corner of the bar, lost in the music, oblivious to who is listening/ a stratocaster slinging bandleader soloing on top of the bar/ always happy to be here.
Some past and present adventures: The Tom Mason Band, Chicken Scratch, The Big Happy, Swampgrass, Last Train Home, The New Nashvillains, The Nashville All-Stars, The Kingpins, Dream Diesel, Tommy and The Dreamboats, Ruby Blair, The Harry Woods Band, Figures, Buck Jones, The Cathy Braaten Band, and all those other bands...
Hello Tom, Gotta love The World Is Drunk. Thanks for adding me. It’s been over a year since my profile here on MySpace has been active, so stop on by…new tracks up. Ron Armstrong/ Just Around The Bend…Again: “Where Country Meets Blues Meets California Rock”. Peace & Cheers, Ron
Thursday October 29 and Friday October 30 @ Spanky..s
330 Welch Road Nashville .. 615- 837 3450
@ 8PM till 12 AM Uncle Frank, JD Edge and Kat..Lee Jones
acoustic show
Thanks Tom. Would love, love, love to hear the new album. Oh, and met your friend Pete (from the cash show) recently while doing a musical - fun. When's Pru coming home? Would love to see you both someday soon!
Hey Tom, Hope you're doing well! Last week I've spinned your wonderful song "The World Is Drunk" in my radioshow. You can check it out on www.rootsparadise.nl and click on Americana Music Club. This show will be on demand for a week.
Hi Tom, It was wonderful to have you and Phil in my radioshow! Ling and I enjoyed your stay with us very much. Hope to see you back soon! cheers! Marthijn
