One of the most original and varied bands to emerge from Moore, Oklahoma, Tom and the Western Willbillies is the quintessence anti-folk group. With influences ranging from Ratt and The Doors to Blink 182 and The Beatles, TATWW take musical diversity to the next level. Their style, though vastly unpredictable, transcends boundaries and speaks volumes.
Formed after a self-proclaimed "hard night of excessive peach schnapps and 'Adult Swim'", Tom and the Western Willbillies came from strong creative stock. In the vein of many other musical success stories, TATWW is something of a family affair. Brothers Tom Wilson (guitar/vocals) and Glenn Flansburg (bass/vocals) have been playing together since 1992, and their father and grandfather were both musicians in NW Oklahoma. Tom and Glenn recruited Tom's girlfriend Anitra Peacock (percussion/vocals) in 2003 and Glenn's wife Julia Flansburg (drums) in early 2006.
Hi there Tom & The Western Willbillies first of all we'd like to say thanks for being our myspace pal. We wanted to make sure you knew the reason incase we suddenly vanish off of your friends list. The movement we've started for indie artists has grown significantly and consumes all of our time these days. We seldom sign into our myspace account and this is making several people believe that we are ignoring them. We are not ignoring anyone, we wanted everyone to know that. What we're doing has become so busy we just don't have the time for myspace any longer, so in all honesty we are probably going to just close our myspace account.
Many people wanted to use us in the future so if you were one of those people make sure you bookmark the link below so that in the event that we do close our myspace account you won't lose contact with us. I wish you the best of luck in your music career. Thanks again for being our myspace pal.
We have also built a pretty big music community which you are welcome to join if you want to meet new artists like yourself!