Hello,
I’m a writer living on Tybee Island.
I created this website to promote my 2013 CD, “The Edge of America.” But it quickly became something more. You can now play all 36 of my studio-recorded songs, representing three CDs and seven singles, in the Stream Room, as well as some 48 Demos.
Check out my music on Spotify and Apple Music.
From January 2015 til August 2018, I used this site mainly as a landing spot for my Song Blog where every few weeks I posted a demo of a new song and the story behind it. In Demos, you can still explore those connections between writer, the song and the lyrics.
Tybee was hit by Hurricane Matthew in October 2016. Though I lost too many journals and writings, many of my early poems, which weren’t preserved anywhere, were miraculously recovered.
I decided to post some of those earlier poems, as well as newer ones, along with audios of my reading them. (See Poems.)
(UPDATE: When Irma’s flooding proved worse than Matthew’s, I was glad I had preserved those writings on the Internet.)
Also, I said, what the heck: put those artsy photo/edited pictures you take/make on the site as well. (See Art.)
The site’s Dates makes note of where I’m playing, if I’m playing out. And, of course the requisite rave Reviews of my music can be found on the link in the header, as well the lengthy, and the “one-sheet,” Bio.
At some point, someone suggested I need videos, So, I went down near Waycross, Ga., and Caution Light Media shot me singing some tunes. You can watch them at Videos, where you’ll also find my Lazaretto Creek Band’s complete Quarantine Concert
Since then, I have published a chapbook: “Evidence: New and Selected Poems.” There’s a order button on this page if you’d like a copy. Also since then, I’ve added eight new poems in the “ghazal” form. What the heck is a ghazal?
With all of this, I hope you find some enjoyment or consolation in my attempts at exploring the connections that matter most.
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Take care and happy trails,
Thomas
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