The T(h)oms of Play Pretty Productions

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Play Pretty Productions

The T(h)oms

- Swinging String Duo -
& living history musicians

The T(h)oms
573-443-3697

Email to
thomh @ centurytel.net

Schedule (on Thom's Page)

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Performance Photos

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The T(h)oms are Thom Howard, guitar, vocal & mandolin; and Tom Verdot, violin and banjo.

   Thom Howard and Tom Verdot perform a fascinating and highly entertaining range of traditional and popular music.

   Tom's sparkling lead fiddle, accompanied by Thom's energetic fingerstyle guitar forms the basis of their concerts, and they have performed around the US and in Europe as a duo and with the classic string band The Skirtlifters. The pair's set can also include Brazilian and Latin American tunes, ragtime, early swing songs and even the crazy cartoon music of the early 20th century. Both players can frequently switch off to other instruments, so the audience gets more than a duo's worth of variety. Utilizing banjoes and mandolins they frequently perform living history events and traditional American fiddle music for dances, re-enactments, and recently Governor Holden's holiday reception at the governor's mansion in Jefferson City, MO.

   Lately they've joined up with Mike Dulak, former front-man of the esteemed band "The Rank Sinatras" to form "Swing Dogs," debuting the band at First Night Columbia. Sound clips to come very soon!

   Add a few other musicians and you might catch them as "F-150: a Pickup Band."

The T(h)oms first recording as a duo was on "Everybody's Got Love," a tribute album of music written by Lee Ruth, sales of which go to support KOPN, mid-Missouri's community radio station (the second oldest in the country!) In the summer of 2004 they gave the piece they recorded, "Smiling Bob's Bossa Nova," it's European debut while touring with the classic string band The Skirtlifters.

In the spring of 2005 they returned to Europe to present a duo concert of early jazz violin for the Museum of Musical Instruments in Brussels, Belgium.