TBONE HAMILTON MUSIC

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Tom “TBone “ Hamilton Phone: 727-410-2277 Email: [email protected]

Tom “TBone” Hamilton releases his brand new music video – “My Babe” New blues music video is a follow-up to Album release of “A Tribute to Willie Dixon”.

[St. Petersburg, Florida January 8th 2020] - Tom “TBone” Hamilton is a professional bassist, vocalist, and producer, lo- cated on the west coast of Florida. For 3 decades TBone has been at the forefront of Blues, Jazz, and Americana music in the Tampa Bay area. This is his FIRST worldwide music video release, and it showcases the song “My Babe” from his 2019 Blues CD – TBone Hamilton & the Blues All Stars “A Tribute to Willie Dixon”. This is the fourth CD produced by Mr. Hamilton and his first one featuring the music of one of his blues heroes – Mr. Willie Dixon.

TBone collaborated with bluesarchive.org founder, Mike Shivvers, to shoot, edit, and produce the video. Shot on loca- tion in St. Petersburg, Florida, the video includes cool spots such as: The Princess Martha Hotel, St. Petersburg’s Historic Open Air Post Office, Williams Park, Al Capone’s underground Tunnel, Snell Arcade, Crislip Arcade, Central Ave., The Vinoy Hotel, Brew D Licious Coffee Shop, Tropicana Field, Ferg’s, Billy's Corner Barber Shop and Vinoy Park.

A special thanks to “My Babe”, Ms. Nancy Alexander, of “Seriously Silly,” for volunteering to appear in this video and also to Janet Stringfellow, CEO of Volunteers of America, for sharing Al Capone’s underground Tunnel. Brew D Licious Coffee Shop, “Thank you for letting us shoot in your business and for the coffee!” Thanks to Omar and his crew for ap- pearing inside Billy's Corner Barber Shop. Finally, a thank you goes out to the City of St. Petersburg Police and Parks and Recreation Department for being so accommodating.

ABOUT TBone Hamilton

Tom “TBone” Hamilton is a versatile musician who is comfortable with leading his own bands, or as sideman with many different national and international touring musicians. For over three decades TBone has honed his bass skills on both the electric and upright bass. The feel he has developed on the bass started in his youth and began to be recognized by the top Blues musicians of the Tampa Bay area. Serving up the low end to iconic blues groups such as: The Deacon Fuller Band, Rock Bottom and the Cutaways, and the Poulos Ramsey Band, TBone was an in-demand bassist. TBone recorded with Ronnie Earl on Rock Bottom’s Harmaniac CD. Also featured on the CD is Vidar Busk, the monster blues guitarist from Norway. Desiring to expand his playing and repertoire, TBone began to study and play Jazz. It was during this time frame that TBone led the “Swinging Johnsons”. As a bassist, vocalist, songwriter, and producer, the band recorded two CDs “Get A Life” and “Duck”. The band had a great run and eventually reconfigured to The Hamilton-Harris Project. TBone’s musical partner, Dan Harris, co-led this band and the partnership released a live Jazz Standards CD called “Live Matters”. After this time, TBone went to play in the duo and trio formats with notable guitarists and pianists.

Eventually, the “TBone Hamilton Band” was born. The band is the backbone to his larger band, “TBone Hamilton’s Big Easy Revue”. In addition to these bands, “TBone Hamilton & the Blues All Stars” is a band dedicated to the blues. “TBone Hamilton & the Blues All-Stars - A Tribute to Willie Dixon” was released in 2019 and is TBone’s 4th CD which fea- tures guests, Mitch Woods and TC Carr.

As a sideman, TBone backs up piano boogie woogie man, Mitch Woods, and the Braille Blues Daddy, Bryan Lee, as well as national touring Jazz and Blues Acts. Not one to rest on his laurels, TBone is currently performing, producing music and is collaborating on new video music interviews and documentaries.

UPCOMING SHOWS

TBone Hamilton has several shows coming up in 2020:

Saturday January 11th 2020 Mitch Woods and His Rocket 88’s. TBone will be playing bass with Boogie Woogie Piano man, Mitch Woods. Firehouse Cultural Center - Ruskin, Florida.

Thursday January 30th 2020 TBone Hamilton’s Big Easy Revue Slate’s Jazz Club – Cape Coral, Florida.

Saturday February 1st 2020 TBone Hamilton & the Blues All Stars featuring the Braille Blues Daddy, Bryan Lee, and, Sarasota blues man, Greg Poulos Firehouse Cultural Center - Ruskin, Florida.

Saturday February 22nd 2020 TBone Hamilton’s Big Easy Revue Mardi Gras in Dunedin, Florida.

Saturday February 29th 2020 Greg Poulos Trio Harts Landing – Sarasota, Florida.

Saturday March 7th 2020 TBone Hamilton’s Big Easy Revue Fundraiser for the Firehouse Cultural Center – Ruskin Florida.

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