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About Me

There's something happening here. I like to think that Tommy and the Whale is a part of it. The music industry is in a bit of a scramble right now. It seems like it's getting harder and harder for them to control what we (the public) hear and listen to. It's making room for the music to speak for itself. It's making room for artists to be artists. It's making room for the music to matter again. Everything's moving... everything is changing.

We've been together for about a year and a half, and have already played some amazing shows with some amazing bands. Right now we're finishing up a full-length record called "Shot For The Moon". We've been busy recording at LakeFever Studios (How I Became The Bomb, The Pink Spiders, etc.) in Nashville, TN. Our long time friends at the Jackson, MS based indie label "Esperanza Plantation" will be releasing it. They've released a lot of great records by a lot of great artists/friends like Colour Revolt, Bear Colony, Questions In Dialect, Arkitekt (old project of Tommy and Thomas), Allie Peaden, and more. Needless to say, we're excited about it. Have a listen, come out to a show, and think for yourself!!

Live. Love. Support. Create.

-Tommy and the Whale

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Member Since: 7/25/2006
Band Members: TOMMY HANS - Piano, Guitar, Vocals
THOMAS SAMUEL - Bass
JAMIE DICK - Drums
NATHAN HUGHES - Guitar, Lap Steel
KAI WELCH - Piano/Organ, Trumpet, Accordion

Influences: "This is an emergency crisis we're in. The entertainment media is affecting everything on the planet in a very negative way. I'm only interested in rock 'n' roll. Rock 'n' roll is a music that represents truth. Your TV channel has taken the word "rock" and knocked the "roll" off the end. You made rock this umbrella term for everything. That's wrong. Shakira isn't rock. These country artists with fur coats aren't rock - or country. I offered a video to VH1 of my band playing in the studio and they don't want to air it because it had musicians playing in it. They want some babe walking on the beach or whatever. I got turned onto this music by watching the Beatles and the Rolling Stones actually on TV playing their guitars. It completely took me over. When you can't see musicians playing any more, I'm not interested any more." - Tom Petty to VH1
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My Blog

The short and winding road...

Hello everyone! Just an update on what we've been up to lately...We drove back into Nashville last night from Detroit, and tonight we're going to watch our friends Pico Vs. Island trees play a show he...
Posted by Tommy and the Whale on Tue, 06 May 2008 08:13:00 PST

Somebody noticed...

Tommy and the Whale get a boost from Toyota The frothing about Landon Pigg’s A Diamond Is Forever-boosted song "Falling in Love at a Coffee Shop" hasn’t yet subsided, and yet another Nashv...
Posted by Tommy and the Whale on Mon, 07 Apr 2008 12:17:00 PST

New Songs, Toyota, and more...

Well well! Hello everyone. I have some very cool news to give you. Maybe you have seen it already but, for those of you who haven’t.. The song "Next Twenty Years Or So" is featured on a Toyota C...
Posted by Tommy and the Whale on Fri, 04 Apr 2008 06:09:00 PST

Ooh ooh ooh.. it’s a video...

Hello friends! Just wanted to tell everyone some cool news. Last week, we shot a music video for the song Blackout... We are reeeeally excited about the way it's turned out. It's still in editing stag...
Posted by Tommy and the Whale on Thu, 28 Feb 2008 11:35:00 PST

Hank Williams mean anything to you?...

Here's something that's been around for a while, but I didn't realize it was available for everyone to hear until recently... We were asked pretty recently by our ol' friend, Charlie Peacock, to work ...
Posted by Tommy and the Whale on Wed, 13 Feb 2008 01:16:00 PST

Southeastern Performer write up...

Hey everyone. We were one of the "band spotlights" in this month's edition of Southeastern Performer magazine.Have a look...For Tommy Hans, moving from Pensacola to Nashville with pop band Arkitekt me...
Posted by Tommy and the Whale on Tue, 05 Feb 2008 10:50:00 PST

LIVE video stream and more...

Hello everyone! There have been a lot of cool things popping up here and there that I figured I would share with you.Our last show show at the Rutledge (Nashville, TN) was broadcast live via Ustream ,...
Posted by Tommy and the Whale on Wed, 30 Jan 2008 02:49:00 PST

Interview with the Rage...

If you Nashvillians haven't picked up a copy of this weeks Rage then you should. I had an interview with them recently... Have a look......
Posted by Tommy and the Whale on Fri, 17 Aug 2007 12:07:00 PST

Hows The Record?....

So.. Everyone has been wanting to know, "How's the record going!??!?!?!?" The answer is..... AWESOME. I couldn't be happier right now. I'm really excited about what's been going on over there. If you'...
Posted by Tommy and the Whale on Mon, 19 Nov 2007 10:21:00 PST

The time is here!...

Good news! The record date is set! On Oct. 19th, we'll begin recording a full length record. Needless to say, we couldn't be happier.We're off to play in Memphis in a couple of hours and, after that, ...
Posted by Tommy and the Whale on Thu, 20 Sep 2007 10:54:00 PST