Tommy Detamore is an American Country and Americana record producer, instrumentalist and recording engineer. He has produced, mixed and mastered numerous top-ten hits on the Americana and Texas Music charts, including the album "Touchstones" for James Talley,[1] Dallas Wayne's album "Songs The Jukebox Taught Me",[2] and the number one singles "Lucky Arms" and "Your Heart Turned Left (& I Was on the Right)" for Jason Allen.[3] [4] He has produced, mixed, and mastered over 150 albums, and has played multiple instruments on well over 300 albums worldwide.[5]
A native of Charlottesville, Virginia, Tommy played guitar in local bands all through his high school and college years. In 1976, he took up the pedal steel guitar and began studying with Buddy Charleton. In 1981 he moved to Texas to play steel guitar with Darrell McCall. In 1982, Tommy joined Moe Bandy's band, touring extensively across the U.S and Europe for seven years. During this time he also made numerous live television and radio appearances, including The Grand Ole Opry, Hee Haw, Nashville Now, and New Country.
Throughout his career spanning more than 30 years, Tommy has produced and/or performed and recorded with many artists including Ray Price, Micky Dolenz, Dallas Wayne, Ronnie Milsap, Johnny Bush, Jim Lauderdale, Doug Sahm, The Texas Tornados, Gary P. Nunn, Augie Meyers, Robert Earl Keen, Clay Blaker, Sunny Sweeney, Rick Trevino, Raul Malo, Kevin Fowler, Bill Kirchen, Redd Volkaert, The Derailers, Gary Nicholson, Kyle Park, James Talley, Heather Myles, Dottsy, Eleven Hundred Springs, Mando Saenz, Tommy Alverson, Ram Herrera, Tony Booth.
Tommy was a featured performer in the classic country music show “San Antonio Rose Live” which ran from 2009 to 2012 at the historic Aztec Theatre on the Riverwalk in San Antonio, Texas.
Tommy currently resides in Floresville, Texas, where he has owned and operated Cherry Ridge Studio since 1991.[6]
Awards[]
The Academy of Western Artists presented Tommy Detamore with the Will Rogers Award for Record Producer of the Year in 2008.
In 2001, Tommy engineered and performed on the Grammy-nominated “Best Country Instrumental” song, Bill Kirchen’s “Poultry in Motion”.[7][8]
External links[]
- Tommy Detamore on MySpace
- Website of Cherry Ridge Studio, owned by Tommy Detamore
- Tommy Detamore on blogspot
References[]
- ↑ http://www.allmusic.com/album/touchstones-mw0000215305/credits
- ↑ http://www.tcmnradio.com/far/far204.htm
- ↑ http://www.allmusic.com/album/something-i-dreamed-mw0000212107/credits
- ↑ http://www.allmusic.com/album/wouldnt-it-be-nice-mw0000656342/credits
- ↑ http://www.allmusic.com/artist/tommy-detamore-mn0000612585/credits
- ↑ http://tommydetamore.blogspot.com/p/tommys-bio.html
- ↑ http://www.allmusic.com/album/tied-to-the-wheel-mw0000590357/credits
- ↑ http://www.cbsnews.com/news/complete-list-of-grammy-nominees/