| Biography: | Atlanta singer/songwriter Thomas Oliver’s brand of country is what country music would have been if it hadn’t detoured through pop. It’s real. Straight from the rich tradition of Southern music, his original songs of livin’, lovin’ and losin’ are from a writer who’s lived a life he doesn’t pretend has been perfect but one he knows has been blessed nevertheless.
Thomas didn’t start writing songs to have them cut in Nashville. They have always been his songs. And he was writing them for years and playing them for friends before he made his first demo.
“Finally Over Losing My Mind” was his first solo CD, released in 2003. Through the local chapter of the Nashville Songwriters and the Georgia Music Association, Thomas began playing the coffee house circuit in and around Atlanta. He won a few awards. He gained some loyal fans, who love his songs and his original Southern voice.
Thomas is a native of Atlanta where he works for a large newspaper. The author of “The Real Coke, the Real Story” and two unpublished novels, Thomas graduated from the University of Georgia, where he spent many a night in the dorm basement and laundry room listening to Johnny Cash and Merle Haggard while others were turning on the the Grateful Dead.
He is the father of a son and daughter and the owner of a lap cat.
Discography
"Finally Over Losing My Mind," debut CD of 11 original songs is available on CDBaby.com, Towersrecords.com, Best Buy and 45 internet music providers. Three of the songs were honored as Best of Country by the Georgia Music Association.
"The Life You Save Might be Your Own," was released Feb. 2006 on CDBaby.com et.al.
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