Steve Goodman, John Prine, Frank Zappa, Howlin' Wolf and whatever inspires at a moment's notice.
Sounds Like
Um...I'm not sure who I sound like. I can definitely say I am influenced by Steve Goodman, John Prine, Oscar Brand, Spike Jones, Frank Zappa, Benny Bell and oddly enough, John Philip Sousa. Try to make a baby out of THAT.
Tom Tuerff is a Phoenix-based singer-songwriter whose wacky songs have received considerable radio airplay across the country. Pretty amazing when you consider what uptight shits run most radio stations.
Tuerff had the fifth-most requested song on the Dr. Demento show in 2001, his original compostion "First House." The song came from Tom's first album, "Something To Sell At My Gigs." Every song on the CD has now been played on commercial radio at least once, somewhere.
In 2006 Tuerff released his second CD, "But Wait...There's More!" "Catch Phrases," the lead-off track of the CD, was played on the Dr. Demento Show in June of 2006. Other songs of the new CD have found frequent airplay on, of all places, rockabilly radio.
Tuerff's shows are certifiably weird. Book him to find out HOW weird.
