Tom performed throughout his his high school and college years, writing guitar instrumentals, and performing many traditional tunes and songs as well as writing and arranging for his bands Wild Oats and Second Wind. Though he graduated from Northland College with a B.S. in Environmental Studies/ Outdoor Education, he continued to perform throughout Wisconsin with these bands and as a solo artist. Wild Oats can be heard on Wisconsin Public Radio's album, "A Simply Folk Sampler".

Moving back to North Carolina to live in the Appalachian Mountains in and around Asheville, Tom began playing and performing with dulcimer wizard, Don Pedi, and many others including Jim Taylor, Patrick Sky, Bruce Greene, Martin Fox, David Wilcox, Sheila Adams Barnhill, Timmy Abell, Michael Garner, Joe and Karen Holbert, David Skinner, and more. While in Asheville, he recorded his album, "Second Wind", as well as recording with Don Pedi, Jim Taylor, Sheila Barnhill, Bruce Greene, and Joe & Karen Holbert. He also created and hosted the Public Radio program "Second Wind" on WCQS, The Mountain Air Network, where he hosted and interviewed many well known folk music celebrities. Many performers performed live on his show.

Tom now resides in northern Wisconsin by Lake Superior, where he still performs and records and organizes a series of square dances. Recent collaborations include playing backup guitar for Tom Paxton, forming the Irish band Way Up North, recording with Bruce Burnside and Kevin McMullin, singing music of the Voyageurs, and performing at the Edinburgh Folk Festival.

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Representation:
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720 4th Avenue West
Ashland, WI 54806
(715 )682-8018

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