Thom Bresh
Thom Bresh (born February 23, 1948 in Southern California, USA)[2]
is a country music singer. He is the biological son of Merle Travis.[3]
Bresh did not begin his music career until his adult years. From age 3 to age 17, he worked as an actor and stuntman at Corriganville, where such programs as The Lone Ranger and the Billy the Kidd trilogy were filmed.[4] He later gained stage experience singing, doing impressions and playing guitar in a country-pop lounge band led by Hank Penny, an old friend of Travis's.
Finger-picking in the style made famous by Travis, he brings the Travis legacy to new audiences. Bresh is a singer, songwriter, impressionist, and instrumentalist, whose instrument of choice is his custom-made two-sided Langejans SuperDualette (see photo at right), which he calls "my band." He has performed alongside performers ranging from Bob Hope to Chet Atkins to Gordon Lightfoot.
Bresh hosted a weekly television variety show of his own creation, Nashville Swing, has been a regular on the Merv Griffin Show and Dinah, and made a guest appearance on the TNN special A Salute to the Country Greats. As a producer, he has been employed by Country legend Jerry Reed, Classical guitarist Valerie DuChateau, and Merle Travis. As a videographer, Bresh has shot, produced, and edited projects for Hank Thompson, Lyle Lovett, Brooks & Dunn, George Jones, Tanya Tucker and Jerry Reed.[5]
Awards and nominations
- Grammy Award nomination: Merle Travis album Travis Pickin' (producer)
- Academy Award nomination: Over You (theme song from movie Tender Mercies)
- Wine Lord title bestowed by World Wine Council, Bordeaux, France
- Wine Lord title bestowed by World Wine Council, Patrimonio, Corsica
- National Thumbpickers Hall of Fame inductee - 2001
Discography
Albums
Year |
Album |
US Country |
Label |
1976 |
Homemade Love |
30 |
Farr |
1977 |
Kicked Back |
— |
ABC |
1978 |
Portrait |
— |
Singles
Year |
Single |
US Country |
Album |
1976 |
"Homemade Love" |
6 |
Homemade Love |
"Sad Country Love Song" |
17 |
"Hey Daisy (Where Have All the Good Times Gone)" |
33 |
1977 |
"Until I Met You" |
57 |
Kicked Back |
"That Old Cold Shoulder" |
48 |
1978 |
"Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! (That Cigarette)" |
78 |
Portrait |
"Ways of a Woman in Love" |
74 |
"First Encounter of a Close Kind" |
84 |
singles only |
1982 |
"When It Comes to Love" (with Lane Brody) |
77 |
1983 |
"I'd Love You to Want Me" |
— |
"Somebody Like You" |
— |
Filmography
- When America Was Rocked (September 9, 1956) (2006) - composed the musical score
- Buster B. Jones in Concert (2000)
- Thom Bresh in Concert (1998)
- The Real Merle Travis Guitar: Like Father, Like Son (1994)
- Great Guitar Lessons: Blues and Country Fingerpicking
- Merle Travis: Rare Performances 1946-1981 - 2 duets with Thom Bresh from 1981
- Killing of Uncle Billy Tilman
- Killing of Ed Masterson
- Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
See also
References
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