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Tom Woodbury

About Me

I'm one of those folky singer-songwriter guys. I've been writing and playing for well over twenty years now. I did take a few years off after the millennium, but music has found me again and I couldn't be happier about it.
I once had the pleasure of opening for Livingston Taylor. I'm still grateful that he didn't say something like, "Son, you should consider taking up the oboe." But you're probably not here looking for my life story.
I've just (finally) finished the big CD project. It's called "Table 10," which is the good table in the corner of the Windham Wine Gallery. That's where the now-infamous "Hey, why don't you play here sometime?" conversations started. Which snowballed into a real CD with real musicians (who are awesome) and a real cover (which is also awesome) and everything. Instead of whatever I might have thrown together with a couple of mics and a computer on my living room floor.
I still play sometimes at the Windham Wine Gallery. Just not so weekly. Come on by sometime. I promise not to get in the way of your quiet night out with a glass of wine. Some folks have found it a nice prelude to a 7:00 movie at the theatre up the street (I'm just sayin').
And, taking a cue from my friend Ray, I play "just as well for eight people as I do for ten." Good advice, that.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 23/03/2008
Band Website: www.tomwoodbury.com
Band Members: Um, that would be me. Oh, and my guitar.
The awesome folks who played on TABLE 10:
Phil Beninson: drums
Duke Johnson: bass
Clayton Sabine: backing vocals, harmonica
Johanna Woodbury: percussion, backing vocals
Andrew Blowen: keyboards, backing vocals
Steve Roy: mandolin
Josh DiJoseph: slide guitar
Bruce Derr: pedal steel
Jon Nolan: backing vocals, electric guitars, percussion
What I Play (Like You Care): Yairi and D'Addario since forever. Mackie and K&K more recently. Just got a shiny new Larrivée. Nice!
Influences: John Gorka, Livingston Taylor, Shawn Colvin, Windham Hill, Vance Gilbert, The Story, Cliff Eberhardt, Pat Metheny, Patty Griffin, James Taylor, Sister Hazel, Hootie, Duke Levine, Elton John, all that folk music my mother listened to, Ken Baxter, Melissa Etheridge, Patty Larkin, Bonnie Raitt, Jackson Browne, WRC, Jon Nolan, Cheryl Wheeler, Storyville, Edwin McCain ...
Sounds Like: Well, that would be presumptuous, wouldn't it?
Some Kind Words from Others:: "clearly superior songwriting" lt
"smokey and soulful with something to say" sk
"great songwriter" rm
"combines great music with heartfelt, strong vocals" bc
"oh, no you di'in't" cs
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What's In My iPod Today: Storyville, Patti Griffin, The Duhks, Geils, The Band, James Taylor, Sonny Landreth, Clayton Sabine, The Wreckers, David Wilcox, Kelly Clarkson (bet you didn't see that coming...), Willy Porter, John Wesley Harding, Brownie McGhee, Foo Fighters, Will Kimbrough, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, roughs of my new tunes, ...
Record Label: Unsigned
Type of Label: Unsigned

My Blog

Hey, it's been a year!

In a couple of days, it'll be a year since I joined myspace. Which means it was about a year ago that I started mulling the whole cd thing. And it's here and out and available online and all that jazz...
Posted by on Fri, 20 Mar 2009 13:27:00 GMT

I received 90 lbs. of CDs the other day.

Oh, sure, the tracking number only mentioned 15 lbs. of CDs, but hey, what's 75 lbs. among friends?So, the big news is, the CDs are here, making a fine-looking end table next to my desk. Woo HOO! So, ...
Posted by on Fri, 20 Mar 2009 12:58:00 GMT

CD at 90% !!!

Ok, gang. The CD is mostly mastered. The awesome and patient Jay Frigoletto is working his magic and making it sound really, really great. I expect to have a final master this week! So the CD could be...
Posted by on Mon, 08 Dec 2008 05:50:00 GMT

Some News About the CD

Ok, for those of you paying attention: I've got studio time booked in July. I've got the drummer and the bassist to say, at least tentatively, "yes." I think I've got the songs picked. I'm sooooooo&nb...
Posted by on Tue, 13 May 2008 08:34:00 GMT

A Guitar and His Boy

Okay, so I got the name of my demo tape wrong during the big radio interview. It was "A Guitar and His Boy," not "A Boy and His Guitar." Okay, it was back in 1991 or so, but still... See, it’s o...
Posted by on Mon, 24 Mar 2008 07:41:00 GMT

St. Patricks Day

Boy, I sure had fun playing at 39 Main on Monday night. A couple of (tasteful) drinking songs thrown into the mix makes for a nice night out. Many thanks to Laura and Bruce for having me.
Posted by on Sun, 23 Mar 2008 11:15:00 GMT

I was on the radio!!

Earlier this month I was on the radio. Very exciting. Tom Grasso invited me and my guitar into the studio on a Sunday afternoon to play and chat and such. Great fun.I know some folks who live outside ...
Posted by on Sun, 23 Mar 2008 11:20:00 GMT