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.