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TOMAWK & FRIENDS IS A NEW BAND COMPRISING OF MUSICIANS, SONG WRITERS, AND SESSION PLAYERS WHO HAVE BEEN AROUND FOR AWHILE./// TOMAWK AND OTHER FRIENDS WILL BE WRITING SONGS AND DOING SONG DEMOS FOR BAND MEMBERS TO PLAY./// TOMAWK (TOMMY) MILLSAPS WAS BORN IN PAINT ROCK, ALABAMA AND GREW UP IN THE MUSCLE SHOALS AREA./// HE HAS MANY MUSIC INFLUENCES LIKE JACKSON BROWNE, ARETHA FRANKLIN, RAY CHARLES, B. W. STEVENSON, LYNYRD SKYNYRD, AND MOST OF ALL, HIS LONG TIME FRIEND AND PAL, JIMMY JOHNSON, A "SWAMPER", THE ORIGINAL PRODUCER OF LYNYRD SKYNYRD, AND ONE OF THE ORIGINAL SESSION PLAYERS OF THE MUSCLE SHOALS SOUND RHYTHM SECTION./// BAND MEMBERS WILL BE LISTED LATER./// MORE ABOUT TOMAWK:/// INTERESTS:/// THE ENVIRONMENT, THE EARTH, GOOD HEARTED PEOPLE, ANIMALS, AND SPIRITUALITY. MOST OF MY BEST FRIENDS ARE FOUR LEGGED, OR TWO LEGGED AND FLY./// MUSIC:/// COUNTRY, R&B, ROCK & ROLL, BLUES, SOUL, REGGAE, SOME POP, AND JUST ABOUT EVERY TYPE OF MUSIC THAT SOUNDS GOOD TO ME./// MUSIC AND LYRICS ARE A MARRIAGE THAT IS GREAT WHEN IT MATCHES AND EVOKES EMOTIONS./// MOVIES:/// "WHAT THE BLEEP DO WE KNOW"?, AND MANY OTHERS, TOO MANY TO NAME./// BOOKS:/// "THE HOLOGRAPHIC UNIVERSE", "A BRIEF HISTORY OF TIME", PLUS TOO MANY OTHERS TO MENTION HEROES:/// PEOPLE WHO BELIEVE IN THE MAGIC. HEROES ARE ONLY REAL PEOPLE, BEING THEMSELVES, FACED WITH A HARD TASK AND ARE SCARED AND TOO TIRED TO RUN ANYMORE. SO, THEY TURN AROUND AND FIGHT THE BAD GUYS. HOWEVER, THAT LESSENS NOT THEIR HEORIC DEEDS/// FAVORITE QUOTES:/// "THE ONLY THING NECESSARY FOR EVIL TO TRIUMPH IS FOR GOOD MEN TO DO NOTHING". --- EDMOND BURKE/// "THE LARGE PRINT GIVETH, THE SMALL PRINT TAKETH AWAY". --- AMERICAN INDIAN/// "HE NOT BUSY BEING BORN IS BUSY DYING". --- BOB DYLAN/// TOMAWK's DETAILS:/// Status: Divorced/// Here for: Music Networking/// Orientation: STRAIGHT/// Hometown: PAINT ROCK, ALABAMA/// Body type: 5' 9" /// Athletic/// Ethnicity: NATIVE AMERICAN (CHEROKEE/TSALAGI, CHOCTAW, APACHE) & IRISH/// Zodiac Sign:/// SCORPIO/// Children: Proud parent/// Education: Some college/// Occupation: MUSICIAN/SONGWRITER/// TOMAWK's Schools/ UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE, AL/// Other Major: ECONOMICS & FINANCE/// 1965 to 1970/// TOMAWK's Companies/// IBM CORP./// HUNTSVILLE, ALABAMA & AUSTIN, TEXAS, USA/// FINANCIAL ADMINISTRATOR/// FEDERAL SYSTEMS DIVISION/SPACE SYSTEMS CENTER/// 1965 TO RETIREMENT IN 1990/// SHOALS OF EDEN SOUND STUDIO/ 1984 TO 1991. I PLAN TO CONTINUE WRITING SONGS UNTIL I DIE.

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Member Since: 09/12/2006
Band Website: http://www.jamwave.com/artist.aspx?AID=3068
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Influences:JIMMY JOHNSON AND THE "SWAMPERS" AT MUSCLE SHOALS SOUND, JACKSON BROWNE, RAY CHARLES, HANK WILLIAMS, JOHNNY CASH, DAVID HOOD, THE BAND, SIMON & GARFUNKEL, PAUL SIMON, WILLIE NELSON, THE ALLMAN BROTHERS, ARETHA FRANKLIN, BONNIE RAITT, BOB SEGER, JIMI HENDRIX, JANIS JOPLIN, BO DIDDLEY, ERIC CLAPTON, STEVIE RAY VAUGHAN, DUANE ALLMAN, THE EAGLES, SUPERTRAMP, HOLLIS DIXON & THE KEYNOTES, B. W. STEVENSON, TOWNES VAN ZANT, LYNYRD SKYNYRD, BOB MARLEY, BLACK UHURU, ROBBIE ROBERTSON, LEVON HELM, THE DOORS, ELVIS PRESLEY, CREDENCE CLEARWATER BAND, THE STAPLE SINGERS, WAYLON JENNINGS, AND TOO MANY OTHERS TO NAME.
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Record Label: GLENN~LOUIS MUSIC, INC.
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My Blog

JUST POSTED "TOO MANY NIGHTS SPENT LONELY".

I JUST POSTED A NEW SONG ENTITLED "TOO MANY NIGHTS SPENT LONELY". THIS WAS FROM A JAM IN MY STUDIO BY "CHRIS AND THE PYLEDRIVERS". CHRIS WROTE THE SONG BUT HAD NEVER EVEN PLAYED WITH A BAND.  THE...
Posted by on Fri, 26 Oct 2007 08:46:00 GMT

THE LEGENDARY SWAMPER, JIMMY JOHNSON, NOW HAS A MYSPACE SITE.

  Jimmy Johnson   IF YOU WANNA HEAR SOME REALLY GREAT HIT SONGS, VISIT JIMMY J.'S NEW MYSPACE WEBSITE AT:   http://www.myspace.com/producerjimmyjohnson, OR YOU CAN CLICK ON H...
Posted by on Tue, 18 Sep 2007 11:38:00 GMT

WILLIE & B. W. STEVENSON SONG POSTED

HI Y'ALL,I JUST POSTED B. W. "BUCKWHEAT" STEVENSON'S SONG: "HEART OF THE COUNTRY" ON MY WEB SITE. IT IS A DUET WITH B. W. AND WILLIE NELSON.IT WAS RECORDED AT ARLYN'S 24-TRACK STUDIO BY ANALOG, AND MI...
Posted by on Wed, 15 Aug 2007 20:34:00 GMT

"HI LITTLE BUG" - A POEM TO A SONG?

I JUST WROTE THE FIRST THING IN ALMOST A MONTH, AND I WANTED YOU TO HEAR IT.  IT'S NOT A SONG YET, AS I HAVE NO TUNE.  BUT IT MAY BECOME ONE LATER, IF I LISTEN INTENTLY FOR THE MUSIC IN MY H...
Posted by on Sun, 03 Jun 2007 01:57:00 GMT

"FANS" ~ YOU CAN'T LIVE WITH 'EM, AND YOU CAN'T LIVE WITHOUT 'EM...

THIS COMES TO MIND FROM READING THE COMMENTS POSTED ON MY NEW FRIEND, DEBORAH ALLEN'S, WEB SITE, WHOM I MET, FOR THE FIRST TIME, IN APRIL OF 2004.  MANY OF THE COMMENTS WEREFROM HER FANS, WHILE S...
Posted by on Sat, 27 Jan 2007 20:25:00 GMT

ADVENTURES FROM MY TRIP TO JAMAICA

I LIKED JAMAICA, AND SINCE I HAD PLENTY OF MONEY, THEN, I BOUGHT A BUNCH OF THINGS THERE, LIKE A MUSIC BOX YOU SIT ON AND PLAY THE PRONGS, OVER A HOLE IN THE CENTER OF THE BOX, WITH YOUR THUMB AND F...
Posted by on Sun, 21 Jan 2007 01:08:00 GMT

'ADDED NEW SONG & CHANGED ORDER

...TODAY, I ADDED A GREAT NEW SONG BY TOMMY HILL, TITLED "21ST CENTURY PSALM", AND PUT IT FIRST ON THE PLAY LIST, MOVING MY SONG "I'LL ADMIT" TO 2ND PLAY. THE NEW SONG IS ABOUT TODAY'S SITUATION THAT&...
Posted by on Sat, 20 Jan 2007 01:35:00 GMT