Russell - Tom : Complete

Submitted by julesyoung on Mon, 01/07/2008 - 08:41
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  2. Thomas George "Tom" Russell (born 5 March 1950[1] in Los Angeles) is an American singer-songwriter. Although most identified with the Texas Country music tradition, his music also incorporates elements of folk, Tex-Mex and the cowboy music of the American West. His songs have been recorded by artists such as Johnny Cash, Nanci Griffith, Dave Alvin, Suzy Bogguss and more. In addition to his music, he is also a painter of folk art and has published a novel and a book of songwriting quotes co-authored with Sylvia Tyson.
  3. Russell graduated from the University of California with a degree in criminology and taught school in Nigeria at the time of the Biafran War. He also lived in Spain and Norway and played music at a circus in Puerto Rico. He began his musical career in earnest in the early 1970s in Vancouver, playing strip bars. Later he relocated to Texas and formed a band with singer-pianist Patricia Hardin. In 1977, they moved to San Francisco, performing regularly in clubs there as "hardin and Russell" during which time they recorded the second of their two studio albums. They eventually split in 1979, at which point Russell drifted out of the music industry for a while.
  4. While working as a taxicab|taxi driver in Queens, Russell met guitarist Andrew Hardin (no relation to Patricia). After hearing his songs, Hardin convinced him that they should form a new band. Shortly after this, Robert Hunter (lyricist) of the Grateful Dead was a passenger in Russell's cab. Russell sang him his song ''Gallo Del Cielo''. An impressed Hunter invited Russell and Hardin first to join him on stage at New York's The Bitter End, and then to become his regular opening act. Hardin remained Russell's full-time sideman until April 2006.
  5. Ring Of Bone (with Patricia Hardin) (1976)
  6. Wax Museum (with Patricia Hardin) (1978)
  7. Heart on a Sleeve (1984)
  8. Road to Bayamon (1987)
  9. Poor Man's Dream (1989)
  10. Hurricane Season (1991)
  11. Cowboy Real (1991)
  12. Box of Visions (1993)
  13. Hillbilly Voodoo (1993, with Barrence Whitfield)
  14. Cowboy Mambo (1994, with Barrence Whitfield)
  15. The Rose of the San Joaquin (1995)
  16. The Long Way Around (1997)
  17. Song of the West (1997)
  18. The Man from God Knows Where (1999)
  19. All Around These Northern Towns (2000)
  20. Borderland (2001)
  21. Museum of Memories (2002)
  22. Modern Art (2003)
  23. Indians Cowboys Horses Dogs (2004)
  24. Hotwalker (2005)
  25. Raw Vision 1984-1994 (2005)
  26. Love and Fear (2006)
  27. EP Bonus Tracks ((2007)
  28. The Wounded Heart Of America (2007)
  29. One To The Head, One To The Heart : with Gretchen Peters (2008)
  30. Blood And Candle Smoke (2009)

  31. COMPILATIONS

  32. Beyond St. Olav's Gate
  33. The Tom Russell Anthology (2008)

  34. BOOTLEGS

  35. Folkscene - Feb. 18 1990
  36. Columbus 2001 (2CD Live Columbus Ohio April 20 2001)
  37. On The Beat (BBC radio Feb. 12 2005)
  38. Hearts On The Line (plus DVD)
  39. The Last Ride 2 CD set Interview
  40. (In bold indicates CD's I have)