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Tom Clark and the High Action Boys

RC Cola and a Moon Pie

About Me

I’ve Got Tears In My Ears from Lying On My Back in My Bed While I Cry Over You

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 3/21/2006
Band Website: tomclarkandthehighactionboys.com
Band Members: Tom Clark Philip Cohen Craig Chesler Glenn Healy
Influences: "Seems to be my luck, every girl I pick up Is the one everybody puts down"- Johnny Paycheck.I don’t know. I hate writing this crap. Hmmmm. Hank Sr., The Band, The Dictators, The New York Dolls, The Louvin Brothers, The Lovin Spoonful, Buddy Holly, Elvis P., Lefty Frizzell, Nick Lowe, Rockpile, Those Beatle guys, Loretta Lynn, Monkees, Chuck Berry!!!!!, Eddie Cochran, Kinks, Buck Owens and the Buckaroos, Waylon, Beach Boys, Wynn Stewart, Mills Brothers, Lenny Kaye, Kevn Kinney, Flamin’ Groovies, Terry Reid,Marshall Crenshaw, Raspberries, Zombies, Speedy West and Jimmy Bryant, Hank Garland, Nada Surf, Hotel Lights, all things Sun Records, Charlie Rich, Nolan Strong and the Diablos, Smokey Robinson and the Miracles, George Jones, Merle Haggard, Ramones, Ramones, Ramones, Big Star, Budweiser, old guitars....Gretsch, Gibson, Fender, Zim Gar, Vox, National, etc.!!! Crappy old tube amps, harmony singing, bad harmony singing, good Doo Wop, James Burton, The Burritos, Patsy, Bill Kirchen, NRBQ, Fountains of Wayne, Johnny Thunders, The Everly Bros., Nuggets!, The Sparkletones, Wanda Jackson, the Beach Boys, Harry Nilsson, John Prine, Dion and the Belmonts, Waylon Jennings, Hank Williams, Sr., The Left Banke, Zal Yanovsky, just about anybody dead, and some that should be, on and on and on...it’ll all change tomorrow. Phil loves Grandaddy and Rick Danko, and Craig loves anything that has a lot of hard chords to play. We also dig our Pals ....Hank Wedel and Open Kitchen, The Dark Horses, Whit Smith,Tom Shaner, Sean Lee and the Breaks, George Gilmore and the Giblets, etc. etc. !!!! Runaway Shuffle/Tom solo
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Sounds Like: Candy hitting the bottom of the bag on a brisk Halloween Night.
Record Label: Blacksmith Records NYC
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

There's A Heartache Following Me

hey, folks! happy new year! We certainly had a great one! We did the three nights with Patti Smith and Her Band at the Bowery Ballroom (I'll be putting up a live song of ours from one of those shows s...
Posted by Tom Clark and the High Action Boys on Wed, 10 Jan 2007 11:54:00 PST

Christmas!!!

Yeah, i'm one of those who likes Christmas music. I can't help it. The world seems to be divided into Like It or Hate It. There's no middle ground, it seems, on the matter of Christmas Songs. Over the...
Posted by Tom Clark and the High Action Boys on Wed, 20 Dec 2006 04:57:00 PST

NEW OLD VIDEO!!!

Hey!! Check out the very "not High Action" video from our last record release party! Yep, it a goddang Glen Campbell/John Hartford song!!! First time we ever did it!
Posted by Tom Clark and the High Action Boys on Wed, 20 Sep 2006 01:20:00 PST

My friend Hank needs friends again...

Jeezus, Hank ....this is the last time I put out the plea for you to have friends. It'd probably be easier for you if I just moved to Ireland and became your friend there. Sigh. Here goes.....BE HANKS...
Posted by Tom Clark and the High Action Boys on Wed, 24 May 2006 09:56:00 PST

Those OTHER guys onstage....

Yep....it's been a while...you know...a show without those OTHER guys. The one's that take up all the GOOD spots on stage. The spots where the lights are brighter, better colored, and the beer is alwa...
Posted by Tom Clark and the High Action Boys on Mon, 08 May 2006 08:12:00 PST

This Friday at the Lakeside Lounge, NYC!

t's that time of the month again. It makes you cranky. Unreasonable. You cry for no reason at all. You lash out at the ones you love. You feel bloated and agitated. Yep. The High Action Boys are playi...
Posted by Tom Clark and the High Action Boys on Tue, 02 May 2006 08:04:00 PST

My (OUR) Friend, Hank

Hank needs friends. He's new here. He's been my pal since I met him on Bleecker St. in 1986. Hank allows me to come to Ireland and leave it in ruins when I leave. Hank comes to NY and crashes on my co...
Posted by Tom Clark and the High Action Boys on Fri, 21 Apr 2006 06:49:00 PST

Puttin' new crap up here for you voyeurs.....

Tomorrow, I will put up pics, info, pin numbers, personal information, likes, dislikes, favorite colors, etc. I still don't trust YOU. You are all weird. Thank you, good night.
Posted by Tom Clark and the High Action Boys on Thu, 30 Mar 2006 01:31:00 PST

songs..coffee...Hebrew Nationals...

Alright...a couple of songs have finally popped up....one is off Cross-Eyed and Bow-Legged, and one is from the other night at the Mercury Lounge (Drink Too Much)...I blew my voice out on the song bef...
Posted by Tom Clark and the High Action Boys on Thu, 23 Mar 2006 10:00:00 PST

music type stuff

Yes..i have posted some music, but apparently it takes just under a year to pop up on this site.....patience, kids.....
Posted by Tom Clark and the High Action Boys on Tue, 21 Mar 2006 01:52:00 PST