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Tommy Shaw was born in Montgomery, Alabama, and played with many local bands in his early years.He left Montgomery after attending Robert E. Lee High School to join The Smoke Ring and then MSFunk, a Chicago-managed outfit that he played with for three years, which gave him a chance to be noticed by Styx during a two-week club gig in Chicago.
Styx (/ ˈ s t ɪ k s /) is an American rock band formed in Chicago, Illinois, in 1972.They are known for blending melodic hard rock guitar with acoustic guitar, synthesizers mixed with acoustic piano, upbeat tracks with power ballads, and incorporating elements of international musical theatre. [6]
In the late 1980s, the US rock music scene witnessed a trend for supergroups; Bad English, Mr. Big and Badlands were all formed around that time. [4] Shaw, Blades and Nugent were put together by big time Rock mover and shaker John Kalodner as Damn Yankees in 1989 [5] in response to declining commercial success of their original bands. [6]
This biography of a living person needs additional citations for verification. ... Tommy Shaw, Ambition (1987) Enuff Z'Nuff, Paraphernalia (1998)
Nashville resident Tommy Shaw of the band Styx talks about life in Nashville, touring with Styx, making a bluegrass album and playing the Grand Ole Opry.
William Eric Evankovich (born April 6, 1972) is an American singer/songwriter, guitarist and producer, best known for his performances with Styx, The Guess Who, and rock duo Shaw Blades (with Tommy Shaw from Styx and Jack Blades from Night Ranger), his co-production of Shaw's 2011 debut bluegrass album, The Great Divide, [2] and for producing and co-writing Styx's sixteenth studio album, The ...
In the 1990s, Blades co-wrote four Aerosmith songs with Steven Tyler, Joe Perry, and Tommy Shaw – "Shut Up and Dance" (1993), "Can't Stop Messin'" (1993), "Walk on Water" (1994), "What Kind of Love Are You On" (1998). In 1998, Blades was asked by Ringo Starr to play bass in Starr's VH1 Storytellers with Joe Walsh and Simon Kirke.
Tom Smothers, also called Tommy, who died Tuesday at 86, was a childhood hero of mine.He was the older and less mature sibling in the comedy act the Smothers Brothers, who began the 1960s as clean ...