About Tommy Cole

Saw Elvis on Ed Sullivan show and wanted to play the guitar at six. Started trying

to playing guitar in 1965 at 13 with a play along to The Ventures record ,lost the

record but am still trying to play it anyway. I told my grandma that when I grow up I

want to be a musician! She said you cant do both! I hate it when old people are right!

I've played harmonica since 1969 My fav websites are

Myspace,Reverbnation,Youtube ,Jamacast, the Texas lottery site to

check my non-winning numbers. I am trying to learn flash to do animation and movie

fx for youtube ,but still a neophyte. I love music ,food ,fun and more music! I hope

to make money someday,because I've always been a musician. I lived in a commune in

New Mexico ,begged for change in Toronto,naked at a rainbow gathering in

Texas,arrested in Denver for attempting to climb a tree,ate turnips right out of the

ground in Mississippi,worked at a motorcycle shop in Dallas,drove motorcycle

naked at lake Travis near Austin. Played for a George Mc'Govern bennifit in Austin

(Jerry Jeff waker was there!)Played at the first white blues club on 6th street in

Austin (the lamplight inn) with Uncle John Turner and the Texas Sheiks, Uncle

John(John and Tommy were Johnny Winters First Band), lil Bruce (Vocals),Tommy

Shannon ,Jack Morgan [the best live guitarist I ever met ,I heard he died(insert sad

face)] and some time Keith Ferguson ( The most fun bass guitarist I ever met,he died

too!)it wasn't my band but in Austin back then everybody jammed with everybody

else.Played every sat night for 2 years at the One Night club (it was a block away

from the police station and the wildest club in Austin) in a band called the

Sugarland Blues Band (if you know where Stuart Palmer )is email me, [Storm]Jimmy

Vaughn played there every Monday night with Doyle Bramhall sr (great vocals)and

a great harp player Lewis,jammed with them a couple times! Jammed with Stevie Ray

at the Rome Inn ,Played with George Underwood and the Dukes ,Wholy Katz(know

where Pasha is?),The Last Gash Wine Circus,Toad,Roy Coyote,Clarence Clemons at

the Armadilla World H.Q. with Steam Heat ,jammed with the old members of Point

Blank ( insert sad story of record label ripoff),Jim Dandy,Rocky Athas,opened for

Georgia Satalites,John Mayall ,Jeff Healey,jammed with at Freddie King at Mother

Blues in Dallas. Played in Johnny Taylor's band,jammed with Bugs Henderson, the

Stratoblasters,Hash Brown[in Dallas],I have lived under a staircase,and in a goat

shed,slept in lots of goodwill boxs,but their hard to find now. I love to play the

blues and trying to play jazz,hope to learn more. Have played rock ,country ,reggae

,and funk in bands. I live in the country , outside of Dallas , Texas.

Peace Out!
Tommy Cole
old stage name Tom Terrific Tongue Man Hot Licks and Live Snake Show with a Mexican Sideman! Phillip Fajardo who played drums for Jimmy Buffet and George Strait named me that as a joke and no one ever stopped calling anything else!

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