Tom's Biography
Tom
Price is well-known in the West Tennessee area as an outstanding
performer and teacher. Tom has been teaching guitar since the Nixon
administration.
Tom is an adjunct faculty member of
the Lambuth University music department where he teaches classical
guitar and directs the Lambuth University Classical Guitar Ensemble.
He holds a bachelor of science degree in music education and also a
bachelor of music degree in guitar performance. He has studied with
the distinguished guitarist John Johns, artist-teacher at Vanderbilt
University's Blair School of Music. Tom has been associated with the
Tennessee Arts Commission Touring Program. As accompanist for
Jackson Folk singer "Bull" Durham Tom has performed on the PBS
television series "Austin City Limits".
Tom is co-owner of PM Music, a
retail music store in Jackson Tennessee that specializes in guitars,
lesson programs and institutional audio and visual systems.
Tom currently has 4 recordings to
his credit:
"Little Bunny Foo Foo":
A collection of children's songs. New songs combined with fresh
arrangements of standard tunes and a pleasant acoustic sound
that draw children in to the music, it has been a PROVEN
FAVORITE with all who have acquired it!
"Court Alley Re-visited"
features Tom with Willi X Evans, Bull Durham, Will
Edwards and friends. It is a collection of acoustic folk and
rock songs.
"Eclectic Sonata"
features a collection of solo classical and acoustic guitar
songs, including works by Bach, Sor, and Villa-Lobos. There are
also several light jazz tunes and two solo hammered dulcimer
songs.
"Folk Songs of the Davis
Wizard House" has a blues and folk flavor. Performing
with Tom are several of the areas leading musicians doing songs
by Leadbelly, Woody Guthrie, Grateful Dead, and others.
Tom performs frequently in the West
Tennessee area. He regularly entertains groups both large and small
from black tie to blue jeans with equal versatility.
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