“It is an R & B detective novel, where everybody is the victim, everybody is the culprit, and love is the only hero.” Will Kimbrough, Nashville TN.
(2015). But Toms, who has been honing his songwriting craft his whole life has evolved to become one of the best orators in the music business today. He connects to an audience and embraces the American traditions of rhythm and blues, soul, and rock and roll like few others. His performances have become legendary in sheer power and passion, and his gifts of music and storytelling, paired with his creative compulsion for songs that burrow deep into the soul, have connected with his fan base again and again. Now, with a soulful collection of new songs, “Deep In The Shadows”, due out March 24th, Toms is ready to continue advancing his solo
career.
”Deep In The Shadows”, Tomsʼ ninth studio album, is produced by Nashville veteran Will Kimbrough and Pittsburgh’s legendary Rick Witkowski. Bill Toms joined Pittsburgh’s legendary band, The Houserockers, as lead guitarist in 1987. The bands meteoric rise into the professional music scene enabled Toms to tour the United States and Europe repeatedly. While with Joe
Grushecky and the Houserockers he opened for and played with a long and impressive list of notables, such as The Band, Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, Little Feat and Stevie Ray Vaughn. During his 19 years of playing guitar and singing back-up vocals for the Houserockers, Tomsʼ recorded six studio albums and one live concert album. In addition to his previous six studio CD's, and single EP, Tomsʼ last CD, Memphis was released in 2011 to much national as well as international acclaim. “Bill Toms is a poet, a soul-shouter and guitar slinger with one foot in the gutter and an eye on the heavens above. And man, does he front a great rock n' soul band!” - Will Kimbrough For more information, please visit www.billtoms.com
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