Time: 8 p.m.
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The wrong side of town, endless roads traveled, longing for home, and
the hope for love. These are the themes that find their way into much of
Tom Savage’s songwriting.
Tom has devoted the past twenty
years to the creation of songs. Waiting for them to come to him or
dragging them out of the ether kicking and screaming. Letting them
linger on the edges of his psyche until they are just right, or scribbling
them down on the page with reckless abandon. Ten minutes from the seed
of an idea to a finished product. Every song is different and is meant
to serve a purpose and tell a story.
A prolific writer, Tom has
released 6 recordings of original music and penned hundreds of songs.
In 2012, he challenged himself to write, record, and post online, a song
for every week of the year. Dubbed the Song-A-Week Challenge, the
project allowed people a unique glimpse into the songwriting process and
left Savage with a new, workmanlike approach to songwriting.
He is currently in the process of recording his seventh album, as well
as working on songs with his new band, the country-tinged Foley Mountain
Playboys.
“ Savage is an excellent songwriter. Often
poetic in their deceptive simplicity, often politically informed, his
lyrics recall the best folk singers of the sixties. The frequent
comparisons to Dylan are, in this case, justified. ”
Aaron Carr - Nanton News
“Throughout the album, I hear ghosts of John Campbell, Knopfler,
Springsteen, Steve Young and shades of newer artists who, while not well
known, have their moments of musical greatness. They are the ghosts in
my own head, though, for it becomes more obvious with each listen that
Savage writes and performs what he has to, not what he hears. Such is of
what the good ones are made. A big huzzah to Geoff Chown for hearing
what Savage had to offer, to the various musicians who added their
little bits which made the whole as good as it is, and to Tom Savage
himself who has found his voice, and I am not referring to that which
emanates from his throat. What a voice it is.”
Frank Gutch - Folk and Acoustic Music Exchange
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