Tom Hambridge - Boogieman (2009)

What do Keith Anderson, Rodney Atkins, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Johnny Winter, Delbert McClinton, Buddy Guy, Van Zant, George Thorogood, Hank Williams, Jr., Montgomery Gentry, Susan Tedeschi, and Shemekia Copeland all have in common?Triple threat, two-time Grammy®-nominated Songwriter,Singer, Producer & Drummer:TOM HAMBRIDGE!
A native son of Buffalo, New York, Tom started playing drums at the the age of 5. Tom's formal education began with a scholarship at Boston's Berklee School of Music, where he frequently returns as a guest lecturer. After years of touring and performances with many of the biggest names in the business (Chuck Berry, Roy Buchanan and many more), Tom set his sights on Nashville where he lives and works today as a producer, songwriter, and performer.Since arriving in Nashville, Hambridge has enjoyed remarkable success with countless songs being used in major motion pictures, television and by many legendary recording stars including: Buddy Guy, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Montgomery Gentry and Johnny Winter. Tom wrote four songs on Delbert McClinton's Grammy award winnning CD, "The Cost of Living". He also received the 2007 ASCAP Song of the Year for co-writing Keith Anderson's smash hit "Every Time I Hear Your Name". His drumming can be heard on the Ashley Cleveland's 2008 Grammy Award winning album "Before the Daylight's Shot".As a Producer, he's worked with many of the best in the business. He received a 2005 Grammy® nomination for his role as Producer of Johnny Winter's latest recording "I'm a Bluesman." His most recent project involves producing a star-studded group of musicians including Eric Clapton, Derek Trucks and Robert Randolph on the latest Buddy Guy CD, Skin Deep released in July, 2008. As 2009 begins, Hambridge is in the studio producing the one and only B.B. King.In addition he produced Susan Tedeschi's Platinum-selling, Grammy®-nominated "Just Won't Burn" CD. Tom wrote her Top 10 Triple A hits "Rock Me Right" and "It Hurt So Bad." He has co-produced and written songs on George Thorogood's last three CDs, one of which debuted as #1 on the Billboard Blues Album Charts. Much to his kids' delight, Tom has recorded vocals on tracks for two smash DISNEY hits, "Cars" (2006) and "Ratatoulie" (2007.)If that's not enough, Tom's released 4 critically acclaimed solo CD's (Still Running, Balderdash, Bang 'n' Roll and Tom Hambridge and the Rattlesnakes Live) and actively tours with his band The Rattlesnakes.– by cdbaby

1. Good Teacher 2:58
2. You're The Kind Of Trouble 3:23
3. CornDog 3:11
4. Nineteen 3:24
5. HardBall Town 3:39
6. You Got What I Want 2:01
7. BoogieMan 3:47
8. Kickin&Screamin 2:06
9. Just For The Thrill 4:20
10. The Last Last Time 3:11
11. FiftyOne 3:40
12. Burn The Whole Thing Down 3:08
13. Shoebox 3:23

BIO: Drummer and songwriter Tom Hambridge had a brush with a more widespread following in 2000 following his debut for a major-record label, Balderdash, for the New York City-based Artemis Records. Artemis, a short-lived label run by record industry legend Danny Goldberg, folded just a few years later, but while it lasted, the label had an impressive lineup of roots music artists including Warren Zevon, Jimmie Vaughan, Todd Rundgren, Hubert Sumlin, and Susan Tedeschi.Raised in Buffalo, N.Y., Hambridge got his first set of drums as a five-year-old, and had his first band a short time later. The youngest of four children, he spent a lot of time listening to his older sisters' albums of the Rolling Stones and the Beatles, learning to play drums by ear off the albums he'd heard. He focused his efforts on music and football through high school, but when it came time to choose a collegiate path, Hambridge chose the prestigious Berklee School of Music.He fit right in with the then-lively club scene in Boston in the early '80s, and pursued gigs and his studies, graduating from Berklee on time. Shortly after graduating, he was tapped by the late Viriginia-based guitarist Roy Buchanan and became his drummer and singer. He honed his chops after several years on the road with Buchanan, and when he was home in Boston, promoters would call Hambridge to help assemble local bands to backup the likes of traveling musicians like Chuck Berry and Bo Diddley.While pursuing studio work, live gigs, and short tours with better-known artists in the '90s, Hambridge put together his own band, TH & the Wreckage, the recipient of many Boston Music awards. After years of near-misses with a major record company deal, Hambridge moved to Nashville with his wife and young daughter, but shortly before he left Boston, he played drums on, and produced, Susan Tedeschi's debut blues album for Artemis Records, the platinum-selling Just Won't Burn. Hambridge wrote two of Tedeschi's crossover hit singles, "It Hurt So Bad," and "Rock Me Right."In early 1998, Hambridge began to work on an album of his own songs that would become Balderdash, his debut for Artemis Records. Tedeschi, who would later go on to marry and record with Derek Trucks, sings two duets on the album, "Opposites Attract," and "Boneyard." With its country and blues inflections, Balderdash could best be described as a roots rock album.Since recording with Tedeschi in Boston in the '90s, Hambridge has recorded and shared stages with a short who's-who of people in the worlds of blues and rock: Johnny Winter, George Thorogood, B.B. King, Buddy Guy, Shemekia Copeland, Delbert McClinton, and even Hank Williams, Jr. Aside from Balderdash, released in 2000, Hambridge's other releases include Still Running, Bang N' Roll, Boogieman, and Live.As a producer, songwriter, singer, and drummer, Hambridge is at that age – at least in the worlds of roots music and blues – where he's just beginning to hit his stride. Expect more exemplary work from this accomplished musician in years to come. – by Richard Skelly