Tom Patty Sings!
I always thought of Tom Patty as the Big Nissan Cheese. I must be honest, the last thing I ever imagined would come out of his mouth would be the sound of Tom, standing in front of his own band and a live audience, shouting "Everybody!"
Yes, Tom has produced a CD. Who knew? It's called "Living on the Island Side of Life."
Here's a brief soundclip from one of the tracks. He graciously sent me the whole CD, which has become my favorite "car CD."
You can actually buy this CD from Amazon by clicking the link below. But hurry, there are only two new and 8 used available the last time I checked.
I'm really proud that Tom has used some of his post-C/D time to produce art. Wearing a suit for as long as Tom did could become a habit. It's nice to know that he's so readily traded that suit in for a Hawaiian shirt.
I'd also like to thank Tom for his generous donation to help maintain this site. He is now included on that list of benefactors you see up there on the right-hand side of the main web page. (You can do this, too, by the way, without going through all the work of producing a CD. I'm just sayin')
Comments
That is SO fantastic! Hell, don't just buy ONE copy of the CD, folks! Buy a whole mess of 'em! (Translation for those of you who don't speak "Southern?" Buy several.)
Who KNEW? I mean... raise your freaking hand if you ever would have picked Tom out to release A cd. Bonus points if you would have guessed THIS would be his title!
Rock on, Tom. And thanks (as usual) to Mr. Alburty for bringing us all this wildly entertaining information. YOU rock, too, Steve!
Posted by: Neilan Tyree | May 31, 2009 09:52 PM
That is SO fantastic! Hell, don't just buy ONE copy of the CD, folks! Buy a whole mess of 'em! (Translation for those of you who don't speak "Southern?" Buy several.)
Who KNEW? I mean... raise your freaking hand if you ever would have picked Tom out to release A cd. Bonus points if you would have guessed THIS would be his title!
Rock on, Tom. And thanks (as usual) to Mr. Alburty for bringing us all this wildly entertaining information. YOU rock, too, Steve!
Posted by: Neilan Tyree | May 31, 2009 09:58 PM
I think those of us that worked with Tom in the L.A. office may have had a bit of a hint this was in him...
Looks like you're enjoying retirement, Tom. So glad to hear this after "30 years doing fer others!" yeehaw! thanks for making me smile! (but ya'know, I never really thought of you as a hippy!)
Posted by: Brwyn Griffin aka Brenda Fagundes | June 2, 2009 12:15 PM
Tom:
I knew you'd been in drummer in a band but didn't know you sang and wrote music too. Had to go right to Amazon and get your CD. Blurb there says you're writting a book....did you do that?
Would love to hear from you and Susan!
Posted by: Sharon Stanley | June 4, 2009 04:33 AM