Grammy Nominee Tom Hambridge Announces Publishing Deal With EMI and Tour with George Thorogood

What do Susan Tedeschi, Johnny Winter, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Delbert McClinton, Buddy Guy, Van Zant and Shemekia Copeland all have in common? Triple threat, two time Grammy-nominated songwriter-singer, producer and drummer Tom Hambridge, whose west coast tour with George Thorogood kicks off September 11, 2005 in Anaheim, CA.

(PRWEB) September 9, 2005 -- Nashville-based Tom Hambridge, having recently signed a publishing deal with international giant EMI, is just getting warmed up.

As a producer, he's worked with some of the best in the business. Most recently, he received a 2005 Grammy nomination for his role as producer of Johnny Winters newest recording "Im a Bluesman." Hes worked in the studio with Norah Jones, Jonny Lang and Boston, just to name a few. In addition to producing Susan Tedeschi's Platinum-selling Grammy-nominated "Just Won't Burn" CD, Tom wrote her Top 10 Triple A hits "Rock Me Right" and "It Hurt So Bad". He produced and wrote a song on George Thorogood's latest CD which debuted at #1 on the Billboard Blues Album Chart.

As a songwriter Tom is on fire. Tom wrote five songs on Lynyrd Skynyrd's CD "Vicious Cycle" and has a song on Skynyrd's Platinum selling "Thryty" Greatest Hit's collection on MCA. Tom co-wrote two songs on Keith Anderson's Arista CD and three songs on the new Van Zant Sony release. Tom has written four songs on the new Delbert McClinton CD "Cost Of Living" (due out Aug 23rd on New West) including the first single "One Of The Fortunate Few". He has two songs on Jeffrey Steeles "Outlaw" CD as well as a song on Buddy Guy's newest release, two songs on Susan Tedeschi's new live CD and a song on the new Shemekia Copeland disc. As if that wasn't enough, Tom penned and played drums on three songs on blues legend Jimmy Thackery's new release on Telarc and wrote and played on Lee Roy Parnell's forthcoming release on Universal.

As a performer, Tom has recorded and/or toured with: the band Boston, James Taylor, Ben Orr of The Cars, Bo Diddley, Chuck Berry, Martha Reeves and the Vandellas, Roy Buchanan, Willie Nelson, The Black Crowes, Lynyrd Skynyrd and George Thorogood.

As an artist, Hambridge has released three solo CDs. His latest, "Bang n'Roll", was released by UTR Music Group. "Bang n Roll," is the follow-up to "Balderdash" which produced two Triple A hit singles.

His west coast tour with George Thorogood takes him to California, Washington and Oregon. For more go to www.tomhambridge.com or Pollstar.com

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