The Tommy Gallagher Band is:
Vocals & Rhythm Guitar: Tommy Gallagher,
Lead Guitar: Kit Koop,
Bass: Justin Proffitt,
Fiddle: Aarun Carter,
Drums: Ryan Duncan..................
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New C.D. Reviews: Tommy Gallagher Band "Always Something"
The Amarillo, Texas boys that make up the Tommy Gallagher Band are an easy-going group of guys who have managed to create an album that honors the tradition of Tommy's legendary grandfather (honky-tonk hero Tommy Allen) while still pushing the envelope of contemporary Texas country music. This is no easy feat. And that's why the Tommy Gallagher Band will probably soon join the ranks of the top Texas country acts, such as the Randy Rogers Band, Stoney LaRue and Wade Bowen.
The album, expertly produced by Mike McClure, starts strong with the title track "Always Something" which The Tommy Gallagher Band - or TGB as they are affectionately known by longtime fans - have crafted a unique sound that will make them instantly recognizable to country radio audiences.The title track "Always Something" is the band's first single and is already a big hit on the Texas Music Chart. The track "Smile" is another laid-back, Texas country-style song with serious radio potential.
"What Goes Around" shows the band's harder edge, and the instrumentation on "What Goes Around" deserves serious praise. Indeed Josh Duggan (lead guitar), Ken Chrostowski (bass), Kit Koop (rhythm guitar) and Ryan Duncan (drums) are exceptional musicians and the perfect complement to Tommy Gallagher's superior vocals. Likewise, the rockin' "Got It Made" is a track that mixes traditional country and Texas country with great success.
Another standout is "Here Tonight." This cut, written by Gallagher, showcases the band at their best and compares favorably to virtually any country song on Texas radio today. It is readily evident that the band has been heavily influenced by their own favorite musicians, such as Cooder Graw, Cross Canadian Ragweed, Jason Boland, Reckless Kelly and Merle Haggard. The band combines elements from all of the aforementioned artists with the best song on the album - the reflective "Dream." This song showcases the band in full storytelling mode with a rock-solid vocal performance from Tommy Gallagher and thought-provoking lyrics.
The Tommy Gallagher Band's years of playing honky-tonks and long days of honing their musical skills have paid off in a big way with the album "Always Something." This project is a rare gem that pays homage to country music of the past while still creating something new and different that will be warmly embraced by the country music world. In fact, the hard-driving anthem "Have A Ball" may sum up the album best. Indeed, you will certainly have a ball with the album, and it's evident the Tommy Gallagher Band had a heck of a good time making it. CountryChart.com
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Don Chance
Country Music Writer
TIMES RECORD NEWS/Scripps
“Always Something” by Tommy Gallagher Band
Next rating – A-
It’s not easy to take a popular regional bar band and turn it into a viable recording act. But Mike McClure (founder, primary songwriter and lead singer of the Oklahoma bar band sensation The Great Divide) has done just that with a number of promising groups such as Cross Canadian Ragweed and Jason Boland. The latest group to catch his ear is the Tommy Gallagher Band. Together, McClure and the TGB have created a new standard in Red Dirt music with “Always Something.”
Through an impossible-to-ignore 10-song set, the hot Amarillo five-piece never loses the restless energy of a packed Saturday night dancehall gig on songs like “Always Something,” “Have A Ball,” “You’re Gone” and the gospel-flavored “Got It Made.” And “Dream” has to be one of the most chart-worthy songs I’ve heard in a long, long time. The vocals are solid, the harmonies are light and airy and just right, and the song-appropriate instrumental pyrotechnics are downright superb.
“Always Something” could end up as one of the best Red Dirt offerings this year, and I wish the band the absolute best of luck with it.
For most of the guys in TGB, music runs thick in their blood and is carried back a couple of generations. The Tommy Gallagher band was originally started in April 2004, when Tommy Gallagher and ex-band-mate Steven Lewis split off from a band they were playing in and decided to form their own band with a Texas Country sound. After finding the right connections, they formed a band that blew their own expectations out of the water. Influenced by Texas Country icons like Cross Canadian Ragweed and Pat Green, the band soon had a smokin’ Texas music sound all their own. TGB is Tommy Gallagher, lead vocals, rhythm acoustic guitar; Ryan Duncan, drums and backup vocals; Justin Proffitt, bass guitar; Kit Koop, lead & rhythm guitar and Josh Duggan, lead guitar. Tommy comes to the music business with big boots to fill. Named after his grandfather, Honky Tonk legend Tommy Allen, Gallagher remembers riding in his grandfathers tour bus as a boy. Allen was a published singer/songwriter in Nashville for Cedarwood Publishing Company and toured many of the legendary honky tonks in Texas, playing with country music greats like Lefty Frizzel and Bob Wills. Gallaghers grandfather still plays and writes today in Crystal City, Texas. Within the first three months of their existence, the Tommy Gallagher Band had opened for well-known touring acts like Stoney Larue, Eli Young Band, Max Stalling, Drew Womack, Mike McClure and many others. The Tommy Gallagher Band was a regular fixture on Friday and Saturday nights at Texas Country proving ground, the Golden Light Cantina. By mid-August 2004, with headlining appearances at the Blue Light and the Golden Light under their belts, the band made their debut at Midnight Rodeo in Amarillo, as the main act and have never looked back since. They completed their first C.D. "Never Looking Back" which was released only around the bands home area in early 2006 and more recently a second c.d. called “Always Something” which is to be released in March 2009 by Smith Music Entertainment. The follow-up c.d. was produced by Red Dirt icon Mike McClure, and features some of the best musicians, including McClure himself playing on it.
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