Tommy Womack
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Tommy Womack — born November 20 1962 in Sturgis, Kentucky — is an American Singer-songwriter, musician and author.
Based in Nashville, Tommy Womack pens folk/ rock /county /alt-country/ indy songs — plays guitar and writes, a lot. He turns his true life experiences into song — witty, poignant and often self analytical. His writing style tiptoes the lines between punk and poet — crazy-man and genius — his heart-on-the-sleeve issues are influenced by many things — his strict Bible upbringing, the Rolling Stones, Dylan, the Kinks and the crazy world we live in — to name but a few.
From 1985 through to 1992 Womack played in the post punk band Government Cheese. They were known as a hard living, hard gigging, hard working band. They recorded a few albums and an eclectic collection of demos are available.
In 1992 — along with Will Kimbrough — Womack formed the Bis-quits. These produced one self titled album in 1994 (on John Prine’s Oh Boy! label) to this day it is rated by critics as a fresh and very listenable to product due to its powerful collection of songs.
Published in 1995, Womack’s autobiographical book, Cheese Chronicles: The True Story of a Rock ’n’ Roll Band You’ve Never Heard Of, covered his life and times whilst in Government Cheese. (Eggman Publishing). His novel The Lavender Boys & Elsie, is available for free as a downloadable zip file on Womack's official web site.
Tommy plays bass with singer/songwriter Todd Snider’s band whenever possible along with Will Kimbrough. Todd has recorded some of Tommy’s tunes such as Betty was Black, Willie was White.
Womack teamed up with Will Kimbrough in 2005 to create the five piece band Daddy — along side John Deaderick, Paul Griffith and Dave Jacques — they recorded a live album — Daddy at the Women’s Club — the venue has since banned them...
Tommy has recorded four solo albums to date: Positively Na Na, Stubborn, Circus Town and (Tommy Womack Band) Washington D.C. Womack’s new album There, I Said It, which is being released in February 2007.
Unlike nearly all of Nashville's musicians, Womack is not only willing to play Nashville clubs but also tour the southeast regularly. In some instances, he strums an acoustic guitar in small coffee shops and other times, he finds a bassist and a drummer and does electrified shows in small dark bars.
A typical show will include a dose of Americana, a dose of gritty rock n' roll, and a corny anthem rock classic cover - all smothered with a warm flowing sauce seasoned with honest and self depracating stories and confessions that solicit both a good belly laugh and a bear hug. You truly have to see it to fully understand it - and to realize that I am understating the magnitude of the experience.
[edit] Discography and Bibliography
- 1985 — Government Cheese: "Things Are More Like They Are Now Than They’ve Ever Been Before"
- 1987 — Government Cheese: "Come On Back to Bowling Green and Marry Me"
- 1989 — Government Cheese: "Three Chords/No Waiting"
- 1992 — Government Cheese: "Government Cheese"
- 1995 — Government Cheese: "It’s a Rock and Roll Party with Government Cheese!"
- 1995 — Cheese Chronicles: "The True Story of a Rock ’n’ Roll Band You’ve Never Heard Of"
- 1994 — The Bis-quits: "The Bis-quits"
- 1997 — Tommy Womack: "Positively Na Na"
- 2000 — Tommy Womack: "Stubborn"
- 2002 — Tommy Womack: "Circus Town"
- 2003 — The Tommy Womack Band: "Washington D.C."
- 2005 — Daddy: "Daddy Live at the Women’s Club"
- 2007 — (due February) Tommy Womack:"There, I Said It!"
