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1997
Here is the next installment of historic Tom pictures. A very important year in my growth and establishment of my musical “tribe.” As promised, here is the earliest photo of my first band, M.Cotu, with Daniel Lambert on the left playing Bass and Tin Whistle. January 1997. Another Student Center Talent Show. As you can…
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1996
On Mondays, for the next 27 (!) weeks, my goal is to post a few pictures of my music making as a “singer/songwriter.” One post per year. With light commentary. 1987was the year I started playing Viola in the South Bend Hay Elem. school Orchestra. But even before that, I made up songs as a…
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Podcast Season Two Starts
I have some great friends, in season one of my podcast, you met some of them as they talked with about songs I had written. Now I’m happy to announce we are rolling out season two. This time around the tables are turned. My friends are the song writers. And I’m asking them questions about…
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Good King Wenceslas (~10 years on)
Tom Adamson and the Texarkana Two – “Good King Wenceslas” Click this link. “It’s still Christmas!” This was the common refrain of Jarod Pearson of St. Agnes’ parish in Cowan, Tennessee, each year after Dec. 25. It was something I admired in him, a gentle application of catholic tradition to a southern, Anglican spirituality. The…
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Video Postcards
See and hear me play new and old tunes in unique places. See them through my eyes. Visit my YouTube page and see the playlist. Special guests often join the fun. Videos are added regularly. I’ve been to Goshen, Marion, Columbus, Pokagon, Rochester, Kokomo, Rensselaer, Lake Waubee. I’m going to South Bend, Mishiwaka, Valparaiso, and…
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O Indiana, Vol. 2
I was driving home to Angola from Kokomo via Hwy 24. It was a sunny but cold March morning. The Night before I was the house musician at a live event for the Dove Faith Cafe at Rhum Muisc Academy in Kokomo, IN. I played songs that spoke to my Faith in general. In my…