TODAY SHOW THIS MONDAY

A WONDERFUL NEW ARTIST THAT I AM PRODUCING NAMED QUINN SULLIVAN WILL BE FEATURED ON THE TODAY SHOW MONDAY MORNING. HE IS TEN YEARS OLD........... YEA YOU HEARD ME RIGHT. HE PLAYS GUITAR AND SINGS LIKE YOU'VE NEVER HEARD..... YEA I MEAN IT. THEY FILMED US IN THE STUDIO, THEY INTERVIEWED HIM AT HIS HOUSE AND FILMED US IN ATLANTIC CITY THIS PAST WEEKEND WITH BUDDY GUY. HOPEFULLY YOU WILL BE ABLE TO DOWNLOAD 2 SONGS I WROTE AND PRODUCED FOR HIM "SUMMER OF LOVE" AND "BLUES CHILD" NEXT WEEK ON CDBABY AND ITUNES. CHECK THIS KID OUT YOU WON'T BELIEVE IT.

SO I GOT TO HANG OUT LAST WEEK IN CHICAGO WITH ERIC CLAPTON, STEVIE WINWOOD AND BUDDY GUY........YEA CRAZY SHIT HAPPENS

CRAZY DAYS

I WOKE THIS MORNING TO BE TOLD MY GOOD FRIEND TIM KREKEL PASSED AWAY. TIM AND I WROTE MANY SONGS TOGETHER INCLUDING "BEST THING I NEVER HAD".  I WAS HONORED TO PLAY IN A BAND WITH HIM CALLED "THE LINDY'S" WITH JOEY SPAMPINATO (NRBQ) AND JACK IRWIN AND I LOVED PLAYING SONGWRITER NITES WITH HIM. I WOULD SIT ACROSS FROM HIM AT THE BLUEBIRD AND JUST BE MESMERIZED BY HIS MUSICALITY. HE WAS A BEAUTIFUL HUMAN BEING INSIDE AND OUT AS WELL AS AN AMAZING SINGER, GUITARIST AND WRITER. MAN HE WAS A GOOD ONE,  THE KIND YOU CAN NEVER REPLACE. GOD BLESS YOU TIM MY PRAYERS GO OUT TO YOUR FAMILY. RIP BROTHER.

BLUES MUSIC AWARDS

JUST GOT BACK FROM THE BLUES MUSIC AWARDS IN MEMPHIS. 

THE BUDDY GUY RECORD I PRODUCED "SKIN DEEP" WON "ALBUM OF THE YEAR" AND "CONTEMPORARY BLUES ALBUM OF THE YEAR".  IT WAS A FANTASTIC NIGHT. PERFORMERS INCLUDED: B.B. KING, TAJ MAHAL, KOKO TAYLOR, MARIA MULDAUR, IRMA THOMAS AND ELVIN BISHOP JUST TO NAME A FEW. BONNIE RAITT WAS THERE AND I SAT AT A TABLE WITH ELVIN BISHOP AND STEVEN SEGAL. I HAD NOT BEEN TO THE AWARDS SINCE THE SUSAN TEDESCHI "JUST WON'T BURN" RECORD THAT I PRODUCED WON ALL THE AWARDS A FEW YEARS BACK. IT WAS GREAT TO SEE A LOT OF OLD FRIENDS AND CATCH UP.

I'M BACK WRITING AND RECORDING. I'VE RECENTLY BEEN WORKING WITH: JOHN WAITE (MISSING YOU) STEVE CROPPER (SITTIN' ON THE DOCK OF THE BAY) FELIX CAVALIERE (GOOD LOVIN') AND BUDDY GUY.

I'M PLAYING A BENEFIT WITH DELBERT MCCLINTON TONIGHT AND THE BLUEBIRD IN NASHVILLE ON SATURDAY NIGHT. IT'S IN THE ROUND WITH SOME GOOD BUDDIES OF MINE: GEORGE TEREN, BILL LLOYD (FOSTER AND LLOYD) AND KASIM SULTON (TODD RUNDGREN, UTOPIA) SHOULD BE FUN.

ON A SADDER NOTE TWO GOOD BUDDIES OF MINE PASSED AWAY THIS WEEK.

EAN EVANS (THE MISSISSIPPI KID) WHO PLAYED BASS WITH LYNYRD SKYNYRD AND STEPHEN BRUTON (A WONDERFUL MUSICIAN AND SONGWRITER FROM TEXAS)

I WILL MISS THEM DEARLY AND MY PRAYERS GO OUT TO THIER LOVED ONES.

PEACE,

TH

BOOGIEMAN TOURS ROLLS THROUGH JERSEY!

ALRIGHT!
JUST GOT OFF STAGE AT THE HOUSE OF BLUES IN ATLANTIC CITY. WHAT A CROWD! THIS PLACE IS JUMPING. I'M IN MY DRESSING ROOM ABOVE THE STAGE AND THE PLACE IS GOING NUTS. LET'S SEE I PLAYED: GET OFF, GOOD TEACHER, SHOTGLASS, RACHEL FAY, 19, UPSIDE OF LONELY, I GOT YER COUNTRY RIGHT HERE, ROCK ME RIGHT AND HENHOUSE.
GEORGE THOROGOOD IS ABOUT TO HIT THE STAGE. I GOT TO GET DOWN THERE AS HE WANTS ME TO SIT IN WITH THE BAND ON HIS SECOND SONG "WHO DO YOU LOVE"
HE FOLLOWS "WHO DO YOU LOVE" EVERY NIGHT WITH "THE FIXER" HE TEARS IT UP.
I SPENT THE AFTERNOON HANGING WITH GEORGE. WE COVERED A LOT OF GOOD STUFF: STONES, J. GEILS, DIMAGGIO, MCCARTNEY, TONY CURTIS, TOM JONES, TED WILLIAMS, ALI , YOU NO THE GREAT ONES......GEORGE DELIVERS EVERY NIGHT.....THE GREAT ONES ARE GREAT BECAUSE THEY COMPETE AGAINST THEMSELVES. THEY EXPECT THE BEST EVERY AT BAT, EVERY FIGHT, EVERY SCENE, EVERY SHOW, EVERY NIGHT!! IT'S ON I GOTTA GO.....I'LL FINISH THIS TOMORROW.

ON THE ROAD.....SOMEWHERE IN PENNSYLVANIA. PLAYING THE FORUM TONIGHT IN HARRISBURG. SOLD OUT....CAN'T WAIT TO HIT THE STAGE AGAIN.

RIP BROTHER BILLY POWELL

WE ALL LOST A GREAT FRIEND WITH THE SUDDEN PASSING OF BILLY POWELL LAST WEEK. I WANT TO SEND MY DEEPEST SYMPATHY TO THE POWELL FAMILY.  I ALSO WANT TO SAY WHAT AN HONOR IT WAS TO HAVE MET AND WORKED WITH BILLY OVER THE YEARS. HE WILL BE MISSED AND I CAN ONLY HOPE THAT HE, RONNIE, ALLEN, STEVE, HUGHIE AND LEON ARE HAVING ONE HECK OF A REUNION IN HEAVEN.

GOD BLESS,

TH

HEADING TO THE GRAMMYS!!

WHAT A BLAZING START TO A NEW YEAR.

LET'S SEE...I FINISHED SONGS WITH BILLY GIBBONS FOR A NEW ZZ TOP CD, FINISHED PRODUCING BB KING, WROTE A BUNCH OF NEW SONGS AND RECORDED THEM WITH DELBERT MCCLINTON AND FINISHED MY NEW CD "BOOGIEMAN" WHICH IS AVAILABLE AT CDBABY.COM.

ME AND THE RATTLESNAKES PERFORMED ON BACK TO BACK CRUISES. FIRST THE LYNYRD SKYNYRD SIMPLE MAN CRUISE WHICH LEFT OUT OF MIAMI FLORIDA AND CRUISED THROUGH THE CARIBBEAN. WE PARTIED WITH ABOUT 5000 OF OUR FRIENDS INCLUDING: LYNYRD SKYNYRD, MARSHALL TUCKER BAND, 38 SPECIAL, MOLLY HATCHET, BLACKBERRY SMOKE AND MANY MORE. WHAT A BALL. WE DID 3 CONCERTS ON THE SHIP. MY BUDDIES JOHNNY AND DONNIE VAN ZANT SAT IN WITH US ON "GOES DOWN EASY" TO THE DELIGHT OF A JAMMED PACKED AUDIENCE.

WE GOT BACK TO AMERICA AND FLEW TO SAN DIEGO TO SET SAIL DOWN THE MEXICAN COAST ON THE SANDY BEACHES CRUISE WITH DELBERT MCCLINTON, RAUL MALO, MARCIA BALL, CYRIL NEVILLE, MIKE FARRIS, PAUL THORN, AL ANDERSON, BRUCE CHANNEL ("HEY BABY") AND MANY OTHERS. WHAT A GREAT TIME. WE DID 3 SHOWS ON THAT CRUISE AND I DID A SONGWRITER NIGHT. OH YEA PLAYED DRUMS WITH GARY NICHOLSON TOO. WHAT FUN. MET SO MANY GREAT FRIENDS ON THE SHIP. HOPE WE GET ASKED BACK NEXT YEAR!

I HEAD TO LOS ANGELES THIS WEEKEND FOR THE GRAMMYS. WIN OR LOSE, IT'S AN HONOR TO HAVE YOUR WORK BE NOMINATED.

WE WILL BE HITTING THE ROAD AND DOING SOME GREAT SHOWS WITH BUDDY GUY AND GEORGE THOROGOOD IN THE COMING MONTHS SO KEEP CHECKING THE TOUR DATES.

HEAVEN HELL OR HOUSTON

HEY EVERYBODY,

I'M IN HOUSTON ON THE SECOND LEG OF THE "TOM HAMBRIDGE-LONE WOLF TOUR"

SOLD OUT IN VIRGINIA BEACH AND NORTH CAROLINA. THE VIPER ROOM IN LA WAS A TRIP. I SAW LOTS OF GOOD FRIENDS IN ROCHESTER ON A SNOWY NIGHT AT THE WATER STREET MUSIC HALL, JOINED BROTHER WEASE ON THE RADIO FOR A FEW HOURS (VERY EARLY IN THE MORNING I MIGHT ADD) AND BRAMPTON ONTARIO WAS AMAZING WE SOLD OUT OF CD'S THAT NIGHT.

I SPENT A COUPLE DAYS WRITING SONGS WITH THE LEGENDARY BILLY GIBBONS FOR THE NEXT ZZ TOP ALBUM AS WELL AS DELBERT MCCLINTON FOR HIS NEXT RECORD AND OH YEA MEATLOAF FLEW IN TO WORK WITH ME ON 2 SONGS FOR HIS NEXT RECORD. MY KIDS HAD A BALL HANGING WITH THESE LEGENDS AND SO DID I.  GOOD STUFF MY FRIENDS!

OK SO I FOUND OUT YESTERDAY THE BUDDY GUY CD I PRODUCED "SKIN DEEP" HAS BEEN NOMINATED FOR A GRAMMY FOR "BEST TRADITIONAL BLUES ALBUM OF THE YEAR" IT WAS ALSO NAMED "BEST BLUES ALBUM OF 2008" AT THE ITUNES 2008 AWARDS. HE DESERVES ALL THIS GOOD STUFF!

BIG NEWS- MY NEW CD IS DONE..........IT WILL BE AVAILABLE IN TIME FOR XMAS. THEY TELL ME I WILL HAVE ONE IN MY HANDS BY DEC. 18TH. YOU WILL BE ABLE TO ORDER AN ADVANCE COPY AND THE DETAILS WILL BE POSTED HERE IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS.

I'M HEADED OVER TO THE HOUSE OF BLUES HERE IN HOUSTON TO DO A SOUND CHECK. GOT MY COFFEE, A LITTLE MAKER'S MARK FOR LATER AND SOME STICKS. HOPE I SEE YA TONIGHT OR TOMORROW IN DALLAS OR THE NEXT DAY IN TULSA OR THE NEXT DAY IN KANSAS CITY OR THE NEXT DAY IN THE NEXT CITY. 

THANKS FOR CHECKIN' IN IT MEANS A LOT.

TH

OH CANADA AND MEATLOAF!!

HEY EVERYBODY,

PLAYED THE NIAGARA FALLSVIEW CASINO THIS PAST WEEKEND. HAD A BALL. 

LOT'S OF FAMILY AND FRIENDS IN ATTENDANCE. NICE PLACE. 

SPENT THIS WEEK IN THE STUDIO PUTTING THE LAST TOUCHES ON MY NEW CD. I SHOULD HAVE IT DONE FOR THE HOLIDAYS. CAN'T WAIT FOR YOU TO HEAR IT!

MEATLOAF CAME TO MY OFFICE TODAY AND WE WORKED ON SONGS FOR HIS NEXT CD. WHAT CAN I SAY ABOUT MEATLOAF. A GREAT GUY, A WONDERFUL ACTOR AND OF COURSE A LEGENDARY SINGER AND PERFORMER. WE GOT SOME GREAT STUFF COOKING FOR HIS NEXT WORLD WIDE CD RELEASE!! 

I START A TOUR OPENING FOR BUDDY GUY NEXT WEEK IN VIRGINIA BEACH. CAN'T WAIT TO GET OUT ON THE ROAD AND SEE YOU ALL. BEFORE THAT TOUR STARTS I'LL BE IN LOS ANGELES NEXT TUESDAY PLAYING THE "WHISKEY" ON SUNSET WITH MY BUDDY AND "NASHVILLE STAR JUDGE" JEFFREY STEELE. SHOULD BE A BLAST.

I'M JUST CHECKING IN HOPE EVERYBODY IS GOOD.

SEE YA,

THE HAMMER

The Late Show with David Letterman and Sirius Radio

I hope you saw Buddy Guy on Letterman. I joined Buddy's band for the performance and had a great time. It was great to hang out with Dave, and with actors Dennis Quaid and Sarah Chalke, along with Paul and the Band. Everyone loved the song and the performance! For those of you that did not catch us on TV, you can see it on my website!

The next day in NYC, we were off to the Sirius Radio studios to perform live.

The reaction to 'Skin Deep' continues to be amazing and we're still hangin' on the top of the charts. You can get your copy at any online store, such as Amazon, or download on Itunes.

See you on the road soon and thanks to all the fans for your strong support!

Tom

Breaking News!!!! Check us out on CBS' The Letterman Show 10/8/08

Hey everybody, I just found out I will be performing with Buddy Guy on The Late Show with David Letterman tonight Wed. Oct 8th 10:30/11:30 PM CT/EST on CBS. Buddy is performing the title track from his new CD "SKIN DEEP" which we co-wrote with him and I produced.

THE GREAT NORTHWEST!

Hey I'm in Auburn Washington this Saturday Oct. 4 doing a Master Songwriting Clinic. It's a few miles outside of Seattle. If anyone is interested in attending I'll leave the contact info below. It starts at 11 in the morning and goes all afternoon. Still working on the new album. We just recorded a killer song that me and Delbert McClinton wrote.  We sang it together. What a honor it is to work with Delbert and wait til you hear this sucker! Ok got to catch a plane. Oh yea we just added a bunch of new tour dates so check the tour schedule and come out and see us!

Love and boogie,

T

MASTER SONGWRITING CLINIC WITH TOM HAMBRIDGE

Contact: Dan Guyll @Select Entertainment 

253-931-0459/office

206-478-5360/cell

OHIO WAS HOT!!

JUST GOT BACK FROM OUR WEEKEND SHOWS IN OHIO. IT WAS HOT HOT HOT AT THE TASTE OF CLERMONT IN BATAVIA FRIDAY NIGHT AND WE HAD A BALL. I WAS VERY HONORED TO BE ASKED TO PERFORM "NINETEEN" FOR THE FAMILIES OF 7 FALLEN SOLDIERS AT A TRIBUTE TO THOSE HEROES ON SATURDAY.

IT WAS GREAT TO SEE EVERYONE IN BUFFALO AT OUR SOLD OUT SHOW AT THE SPORTSMEN'S TAVERN. IT WAS GREAT TO SEE ALL MY FRIENDS THERE. WE'VE RECEIVED SO MANY POSITIVE EMAILS ABOUT THE MASTER/SONGWRITER CLINIC THAT WE WILL TRY TO DO THAT AGAIN SOON.

THE ROADHOUSE SHOW IN MILLER'S FALLS WAS OUT OF CONTROL WHAT A GREAT PARTY WE HAD THERE AND OF COURSE OUR SOLD OUT SHOW AT THE GROG IN NEWBURYPORT WAS A BLAST. I DID HEAR A LOT OF FOLKS COULD NOT GET IN. FOR THOSE FOLKS I WANT YOU TO KNOW I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU GUYS COMING OUT AND I'M SORRY THAT THERE WERE NO TICKETS LEFT. I PROMISE WE WILL BE BACK!!

THANK YOU ALL FOR SUPPORTING MY CRAZY MUSIC.
TOM

OK I'm back

I was in NYC at the Hammerstien Ballroom the other night with Buddy Guy, George Thorogood and a bunch of the Soprano's.

We had a good time.  Buddy Guy's CD "Skin Deep" (which you all should run out and get) is now his highest charting record of all time.

It's been number #1 on the Billboard Blues Album Chart for 5 weeks in a row and the first single "Skin Deep" is #15 on the Triple A Singles Chart. Nice.

I'm hitting the road this week. I'll be in Buffalo Wednesday and then we head to New England on our TOM HAMBRIDGE AND THE RATTLESNAKES
"CLOSING OUT THE SUMMER WITH A BANG TOUR 2008"

I hope you all come out and see us I can't wait to see all of you.

Best, Tom

Roadwork

Alright.....

I'm in Philly at the Sheraton University...nice hotel.

I just flew into town...Phillies, Eagles, Flyers...cool.

I've got ten minutes before I need jump into a limo with Mr. Buddy Guy to head to the "whatever center"

We should get there right as Elvin Bishop goes on. Buddy hit's about an hour after that.

Just enough time to catch up and have a little pre-show X.O. gotta go...to be continued.

More from the Road

NEW DATES/BACK IN THE STUDIO

Tom Hambridge

Jun 25, 5:19 PM

HEY EVERYONE. NOW THAT I'VE FINISHED THE NEW BUDDY CD I'M STARTING MY LONG OVERDUE NEXT STUDIO CD. WE WERE IN THE STUDIO YESTERDAY AND WE STARTED IN ON THE FIRST TWO SONGS. SMOKIN!!!! CAN'T WAIT FOR YOU TO HEAR THESE SUCKERS. I HOPE TO HAVE IT DONE AND IN YOUR HANDS BY XMAS.

ALSO WE ARE GOING BACK OUT ON THE ROAD. DATES ARE BEING FINALIZED NOW. ONE SHOW IN PARTICULAR IS AUGUST 27 AT THE SPORTSMAN'S TAVERN IN BUFFALO. THIS IS PART OF THERE "PRIVATE PARTY SERIES" WHERE THEY ONLY SELL 100 TICKETS AND THEY GO QUICK SO PLEASE GET THEM SOON SO YOU DON'T MISS IT.

HOPE ALL IS GOOD AND HAPPY SUMMER,
TH  Read more…

BUDDY GUY NEW SINGLE "SKIN DEEP" FEATURING DEREK TRUCKS AVAILABLE AT ITUNES!!

Tom Hambridge

Jun 25, 5:12 PM

SO I'VE FINISHED THE NEW BUDDY GUY CD "SKIN DEEP"
IT COMES OUT JULY 22. PLEASE ORDER A COPY FROM AMAZON, CD BABY OR ITUNES AND SUPPORT A LIVING LEGEND AND ONE OF THE GREATEST GUITARISTS OF ALL TIME. BUDDY IS SO EXCITED AD PROUD OF THIS RECORD AND I AM TOO.
BUDDY'S GUITAR PLAYING AND SINGING IS UNBELIEVABLE. ALSO MANY GREAT ARTISTS LIKE: ERIC CLAPTON, DEREK TRUCKS, ROBERT RANDOLPH AND SUSAN TEDESCHI DELIVER AMAZING PERFORMANCES ON THE RECORD.
IT WAS TRULY AN HONOR TO PRODUCE AND PERFORM ON THIS PIECE OF HISTORY. BUDDY IS ON FIRE ON THIS RECORD.
THE SINGLE "SKIN DEEP" IS AVAILABLE RIGHT NOW ON ITUNES. PLEASE GO GET IT. FOR 99 CENTS YOU GET BUDDY GUY TELLING IT LIKE NO ONE ELSE CAN.  Read more…

MEXICO

Tom Hambridge

Jun 10, 10:39 PM

SITTING HERE IN SAN MIGUEL MEXICO WRITING SONGS.
LOOKING DOWN AT THE CITY FROM THE PORCH OF THIS BEAUTIFUL VILLA IN THE MIDDLE OF MEXICO.
WRITING SONGS WITH MY GOOD FRIEND'S DELBERT MCCLINTON AND KEVIN MCKENDREE.
THIS IS WHERE WE WROTE A BUNCH OF SONGS THAT HE RECORDED ON HIS LAST RECORD THE GRAMMY WINNING "COST OF LIVING" CD.
WE'VE BEEN DOWN HERE FOR A WEEK AND WE'VE WRITTEN SOME REALLY KILLER SONGS.
MAYBE IT'S THE MARGARITA'S, MAYBE IT'S THE CUBAN CIGARS OR THE WONDERFUL FOOD, MAYBE THE CHILDREN RUNNING ROUND IN THE CITY SQUARE, THE CHURCH BELLS RINGING ALL DAY, THE FIRE WORKS AT NIGHT, THE MARIACHI PLAYERS, THE HISTORY, THE COFFEE, THE ALTITUDE IT ALL GETS ME PRETTY HIGH AND WORDS AND MUSIC START SPEWING OUT.
ADIOS TH  Read more…

Venice Beach

Tom Hambridge

Apr 25, 5:44 PM

OUT HERE IN LOS ANGELES PRODUCING A RECORD FOR BUDDY GUY. ALL KINDS OF GREAT PLAYERS ON THIS ALBUM. ERIC CLAPTON, DEREK TRUCKS, SUSAN TEDESCHI, ROBERT RANDOLPH, WILLIE WEEKS, REESE WYNANS, DAVID GRISSOM AND BONNIE BRAMLETT ARE ON THIS. IT IS SOUNDING GREAT. SHOULD BE RELEASED AT THE END OF JUNE IF I CAN GET IT FINISHED IN TIME.
I'M STAYING IN SANTA MONICA. THE WEATHER IS GORGEOUS. I'M INSIDE THIS RECORDING STUDIO WORKING ON MY STUDIO TAN. IT'S DARK AND LOUD WHERE I AM. IT'S ALL GOOD.......TALK SOON  Read more…