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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 circu..
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Submitted by Thomas Oliver on Mon, 2006-05-22 21:02.
gid tanner and the skillett lickers were one of the original bluegrass bands to be recorded on rca -- circa 1927. (down yonder).
third generation of skillett lickers (now with grandson phil as fiddling lead) from dacula (da- cue- la) (not Dac-u-la) Ga. play every friday night in the old clapboard shed/barn. my cousin is a tanner. he took me there friday night. it was liking falling through the rabbit hole into another time, circa 1950. seven old dudes sitting around (miked and with amps and monitors), playing dobro, banjo, bass, two fiddlers, two guitars (lead was unbelieveable), pedal steel, played by 80-plus yr. old. they played all night. past midnight for a crowd of 10 that dwindled to five.
Submitted by Thomas Oliver on Wed, 2006-05-03 20:57.
gigged at Eight & Rail in little opelika (how you pronounce it reveals where you are from) next door to auburn university. about 2 hours from atlanta. extremely cool listening room with very attentive audience. share songwriter in the round stage with billie joyce and sean patrick mcgraw. both were from nashville. both far more seasoned than i am. but it was cool. we offered a good variety for grateful audience. i'm still learning, so everything is good to me.... sold a few CDs as well.
Submitted by Thomas Oliver on Mon, 2006-04-24 20:46.
i saw david olney at a house concert sat. here's this great songwriter/storyteller performing at an atlanta suburban neighborhood club house with maybe 20 folks. it was the best concert i've heard in a long, long time. his songwriter/storytelling was so good, it made me wonder, who am i kidding. then he told the story of playing with townes van zandt the first time. in athens, ga., at the Rail. in 1970. when he first heard townes, he thought to himself: who am i kidding....
