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tom essa

American Roots Drummer in Berlin

About Me

I've been playing drums professionally for about 18 years...over 3500 paid performances.Most of my work has been with blues, swing, and rockabilly bands, and I've also worked the country and jazz scene.My full time bands were/are the Mississippi Mudsharks, Kyle Jester Blues show and Big Daddy and The Moneyshakers. I have also played shows for Billy Watson and His International Silver String Submarine Band, Hot Rod Lincoln, Blonde Bruce, The Reverend Billy's, Earl Thomas, Fuzzy and the Bluesmen, Bastard Sons of Johhny Cash, Small Town Heroes, Tom Cat Courtney, Robin Henkle, Jessie Davis and Darcy Daniels, Diva Soul, Moonlight Serenade Orchestra, and more.
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Member Since: 2/28/2007
Band Members: Mississippi Mudshark Members are Scottie "Mad Dog" Blinn on guitars and vox, Big Mike Lars on bass, and myself hittin' the skins.-------------------------------------------------- Kyle Jester blues show members were Klye Jester (guitar and vox), Rob King (da doghouse), and myself on the 1938 Krupa lookin' kit, built by yours truly.- -----------------------------------Big Daddy and the Moneyshakers were Big Daddy Jason campbell (guitars and vox), Tim Butler (bass), and of course, myself...i be Tom Essa...some call me sleepy T...others call me i don't know what - be i'm cool with it.-----------------------------------Kevin Williams played the upright on both the Kyle Jester and Big Daddy records but split both times shortly after the recordings...man, that cat is always into sumpin' new.-------------------------------and of course...the songs on the site are from those bands...i am just the drummer. huh,huh,huh...I PLAY DRUMS-a whole 'nother story for later.
Influences: big sid catlett, papa joe jones, fred beelow and of course all of T-Bone walkers drummers - clarence stamp, oskar lee bradley, cornelius coleman and robert sims.
Record Label: double barrel records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

my mouth is shut....really

Over three months now in Berlin...so basically I have not been able to debate anything with anyone. As a matter of fact, I don't speak much at all. There are times when I don't speak a word for eight ...
Posted by tom essa on Sat, 05 May 2007 11:25:00 PST

On the lookout

I've been scopin' out the music seen here to see what possibilities there are for for making a good living. Until I have a decent grasp on the language, playing music may be the only way to put euros ...
Posted by tom essa on Sun, 04 Mar 2007 07:03:00 PST

I moved to berlin

adventures in europe comming soon!
Posted by tom essa on Wed, 28 Feb 2007 11:03:00 PST