Singer/Songwriter meets Honky Tonk house band. These are songs about growing up in a small town, wanting to get out, and wanting to go backâ¦with a healthy dose of love, loss, and longing in between.

12 MP3 Songs
ROCK: Folk Rock, COUNTRY: Country Rock



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Tom Wilson is a singer/songwriter from Alabama now based in the Mid-Atlantic region. His music combines folk, country, rock, and soul -- a sound that's been labeled Alt-Country, Americana, or, in his own words, "Folk-Rock with a Southern accent." He is a poet of the ordinary, drawing inspiration from songwriters like Steve Earle, John Prine, and Bruce Springsteen. The focus of his songs is squarely on the lyrics -- poetic, wry, and often extremely honest -- backed by acoustic guitar that is by turns spare and churning.

Tom grew up in a small town in Alabama, but his career as a political professional and speechwriter has taken him throughout the South and up the East Coast. It's no wonder, then, that his self-produced debut album, "Native Soil," draws heavily on his Southern roots, memories of small town life, and a longing for home. The album was recorded in a studio in Montgomery, Alabama, in just 3 days, a pace that helped him achieve -- and, in fact, necessitated -- the organic, spacious, bare-bones production he was looking for. Backed by a number of veteran musicians (including his father, Tommy Wilson, Sr., on Hammond B3 organ), he describes the resulting sound as "singer/songwriter meets honky-tonk houseband."