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The Official Tommy Allsup page...see you soon! |
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| Location: | DALLAS, Texas |
| Country: |  United States |
| Last Login: | Aug 9, 2008 (64 days back) |
About Me |
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Tommy started his musical career in Claremore, Oklahoma in 1949 with the "Oklahoma Swingbillies." In 1950 he went to work with fiddle player Art Davis in Miami, Oklahoma; from there to the Cowboy Inn in Wichita, Kansas with singer, fiddle player Jimmy Hall. In 1952 and 1953, he moved back to Tulsa, Oklahoma to join the "Johnnie Lee Wills Band." From 1953 to 1958, he had his own band, "The Southernaires" in Lawton, Oklahoma with homebase being the Southern Club. In 1958, Tommy's career would take a different direction. On a trip to Clovis, New Mexico to record at Norman Petty's famous studio, he met the late Buddy Holly. In April, he started playing lead guitar with Holly and the Crickets. He continued playing with Buddy until the fatal plane crash that took Buddy's life, along with the Big Bopper, and Ritchie Valens. It was Allsup who flipped a coin with Ritchie Valens for a seat on the ill-fated plane. After Holly's death, Allsup moved to California to join Liberty Records as A & R Director of all Country and Western product to begin producing the great Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys. His association with Wills lasted through Wills' "For The Last Time" LP, recorded on December 2-3, 1973, in Dallas, Texas, where Bob Wills recorded his first records in 1935. Allsup used some of the original Texas Playboys on the last recording (McAulliff, Shamblin, Dacus, Strickland). Bob Wills directed the sessions from his wheel chair. While at Liberty, Tommy would produce Tex Williams, Willie Nelson, Joe Carson, Warren Smith, Billy Mize, and Cliff Crofford. While there, he worked with great artists such as Walter Brennan, Bobby Vee, Johnny Burnette, Julie London, and Vickie Carr, who sang harmony with Bob Wills on the LP "Bob Wills Sings and Plays." After leaving California, Allsup moved to Nashville to head up Metromedia Records in 1968. In 1972, he met Ray Benson and Asleep At The Wheel and produced their first LP for United Artist Records. Later he produced 4 LPs for Capitol Records with the group. Tommy Allsup has been a big supporter of Western Swing music over the years. He has produced 5 LPs with the great Hank Thompson and his Brazos Valley Boys, 2 LPs with the Original Texas Playboys, and 2 LPs with the great Western Swing vocalist Leon Rausch. Tommy has produced Swing LPs with Jody Nix, Curley Chalker, Mack Sanders, Johnny Bush, Willie Nelson, Tex Williams, and Billy Mize. Tommy still lives in Ft. Worth, Texas where he remains active in the music business. He has played guitar or bass on over 6500 recording sessions. All of this is good enough for Tommy Allsup, who has few regrets. "I never really wanted to be a big star, I figured I'd leave that to someone else." Check out the video about the upcoming UK tour, and the recent recording in Nashville!!!! |
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Music:Member Since: 3/18/2007Band Members: Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys, Buddy Holly, and many more................On tour this May/June 2008 in UK/Europe with Kevin Montgomery!!!! Here is a little video from the other night in Liverpool: Kevin Montgomery and Tommy Allsup videologue from Liverpool ... .. Don’t miss Tommy’s first ever UK tour with Kevin Montgomery, Danny White, and Paul Griffith.........it will be "An Evening with Tommy Allsup and Kevin Montgomery"............alot of chat, some questions for Tommy, and Tommy firing up the guitar on the classics that he’s been involved in............check out this video!!! Signup for our Mailing List *: required First name: Last name: Email * : Country: Zip:: : City: Cellphone: Cell Carrier: Myspace Url: http://www.myspace.com/ Gender: Male Female Email Format: Text HTML Fan list management by FanBridge.com Influences: Bob Wills, Buddy Holly............ Sounds Like: Good music!! Record Label: Indie Type of Label: Indie |
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My Background and Lifestyle |
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| Occupation: | Music Artist (Roots Music / Rockabilly / Country) |
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My Blog |
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UK tour starts in 8 days...check out this videologue about the tour, and Nashville recording. |
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| Check out this videologue Kevin Montgomery put together about the tour. I hope to see you on the tour!
... Posted by Tommy Allsup on Wed, 21 May 2008 02:20:00 PST |
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Video from Liverpool Philharmonic, and UK/Europe tour announcement |
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| I will be on tour with Kevin Montgomery in late May/June. We play in England, Scotland, and then we take off for a week in Crete. Tickets are available now! Here is a little video from the other ni... Posted by Tommy Allsup on Sun, 30 Mar 2008 09:12:00 PST |
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Modern Guitar article!!!! |
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| Click here to read the article in Modern Guitars. Posted by Tommy Allsup on Fri, 20 Apr 2007 02:54:00 PST |
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Tommy guitar seminars in Chania, Crete June 12th through 18th |
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| Come to Crete to join Tommy for some guitar seminars in a paradise setting........Kevin Montgomery and Danny White will be doing songwriting seminars.......and Paul Griffith will be drunk at the bar f... Posted by Tommy Allsup on Sun, 18 Mar 2007 02:15:00 PST |
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An Evening with Tommy Allsup and Kevin Montgomery UK Tour-June 2007 |
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| Tommy will be on tour with Kevin Montgomery in the UK in June........see tour dates for info. It is billed as "An Evening with Tommy Allsup and Kevin Montgomery".......it will start out acoustically w... Posted by Tommy Allsup on Sun, 18 Mar 2007 02:12:00 PST |
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