Thom Bresh
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Thom Bresh, son of Country Music Hall of Fame great Merle Travis, is a successful musical performer in his own right.
Bresh did not begin his music career until his adult years. From age 3 to age 17, he worked as an actor and stuntman at Corriganville, where such programs as The Lone Ranger and the Billy the Kidd trilogy.[1]
Finger-picking in the style made famous by his father, he brings his father's legacy to new audiences. Bresh is a singer, songwriter, impressionist, and instrumentalist, whose instrument of choice is his custom-made two-sided Langejans SuperDualette (see photo at right), which he calls "my band." He has performed alongside performers ranging from Bob Hope to Chet Atkins to Gordon Lightfoot.
Bresh hosted a weekly television variety show of his own creation, Nashville Swing, has been a regular on the Merv Griffin Show and Dinah, and made a guest appearance on the TNN special A Salute to the Country Greats. As a producer, he has been employed by Country legend Jerry Reed, Classical guitarist Valerie DuChateau, and Merle Travis. As a videographer, Bresh has shot, produced, and edited projects for Hank Thompson, Lyle Lovett, Brooks & Dunn, George Jones, Tanya Tucker and Jerry Reed.[2]
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[edit] Awards and nominations
- Grammy Award nomination: Merle Travis album Travis Pickin' (producer)
- Academy Award nomination: Over You (theme song from movie Tender Mercies)
- Wine Lord title bestowed by World Wine Council, Bordeaux, France
- Wine Lord title bestowed by World Wine Council, Patrimonio, Corsica
- National Thumbpickers Hall of Fame inductee - 2001
[edit] Discography
- Son of a Guitar Pickin' Man
- Guts and Steel (duet album with Buster B. Jones, released September 2001)
- Wires to the Wood
- Live & Pickin'
- 16 Words
[edit] Filmography
- When America Was Rocked (September 9, 1956) (2006) - composed the musical score[1][2]
- Buster B. Jones in Concert (2000)[3]
- Thom Bresh in Concert (1998)[4]
- The Real Merle Travis Guitar: Like Father, Like Son (1994)[5]
- Great Guitar Lessons: Blues and Country Fingerpicking[6]
- Merle Travis: Rare Performances 1946-1981 - 2 duets with Thom Bresh from 1981 [7]
- Killing of Uncle Billy Tilman
- Killing of Ed Masterson
- Gunfight at the OK Corral
