Tommy Womack

Tommy Womack
Born (1962-11-20) November 20, 1962
Sturgis, Kentucky, United States
Origin Nashville, Tennessee, United States
Genres Post-punk, roots rock
Associated acts Government Cheese, Bis-Quits
Website www.tommywomack.com

Tommy Womack (born November 20, 1962 in Sturgis, Kentucky)[1] is an American singer-songwriter.

Career

Womack played with the band Government Cheese from 1985 to 1992.[1] He later joined the Bis-quits, which released one album on Oh Boy Records in 1993.[2]

Solo career

Womack released his first solo album, Positively Na-Na, in 1998, followed by another one, Stubborn, two years later.[3] In 2002, he released Circus Town, his third solo album, which Mark Jenkins said listening to all the way through was "as challenging as enduring a disastrous Replacements set."[4] He and his band released an album in 2003 entitled Washington, D.C., which was recorded live in an XM Satellite Radio studio.[5] In 2007, he released There, I Said It!, which was supposed to be his last album, until it, unexpectedly, became his biggest success.[2] The album's success let to Womack receiving glowing reviews from the national press and offers for international gigs.[6] He followed it with the 2012 album, Now What!, which contained songs about a wide variety of topics, such as family life and the perils of road life.[2]

Personal life

Womack is married; his wife works for Nashville Metro Schools. They live in Nashville with their teenage son and pets.[2] In June 2015, he was injured in a car crash in Sonora, Kentucky, when his Nissan Sentra was broadsided by a tractor trailer. The crash broke four bones in his pelvis, and he was still recovering from the accident as of September that year.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 Wagner, Christina (21 June 2007). "Still crazy after all these years". EU Jacksonville. Retrieved 22 January 2016.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Bliss, Jessica (29 September 2015). "Nashville helps keep almost-famous rocker's music alive". Tennessean. Retrieved 22 January 2016.
  3. ↑ Ankeny, Jason. "Tommy Womack Biography". Allmusic. Retrieved 22 January 2016.
  4. ↑ Jenkins, Mark (18 October 2002). "Circus Town Review". Washington Post. Retrieved 22 January 2016.
  5. ↑ "Tommy Womack Band - Washington, D.C.". No Depression. 31 October 2003. Retrieved 22 January 2016.
  6. ↑ Moore, Rick (20 February 2012). "Tommy Womack: Now What!". American Songwriter. Retrieved 22 January 2016.
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