Thom Moore (Band)
Biography:
Thom Moore began playing banjo in 2007 and wrote his own music as he learned his instrument. Thom was no stranger to performing, as he had been in music and theater all his life and had spent many years performing at Busch Gardens and other theater stages on the East Coast. Once he and his family moved to Southwest Virginia, Thom fell in love with the mountains and began writing music inspired by his travels from Roanoke to Bristol to Asheville. While he was on the road, Thom made frequent stops to write down his ideas and themes about what he saw along the way.
Thom once wrote a tune honoring his banjo hero, John Hartford, and recorded it on a clock radio cassette player. He sent the recording to Tony Ellis, a banjoer friend of Hartford. Thom had never heard Tony Ellis’s music before. He had seen the Ellis banjo book in Frett Mill Music in Roanoke and was struck by a picture of Ellis composing music for a Sam Shepherd play. Upon receiving the recording from Thom, Tony Ellis invited him to the farm at Braeburn, Ohio, and a musical friendship was forged. Tony listened to several of Thom’s tunes and encouraged him to record them; he even sent them off to his friend, Steve Martin. The result was “That Evening Sun,” an album of 16 original tunes by Thom Moore with banjo, violin, cello, mandolin, guitar, bouzouki and percussion. Alan Munde, a legendary banjo player, was asked by the Banjo Newsletter publication to interview Thom for the August 2012 issue, placing Thom’s photo on the cover.
Thom once wrote a tune honoring his banjo hero, John Hartford, and recorded it on a clock radio cassette player. He sent the recording to Tony Ellis, a banjoer friend of Hartford. Thom had never heard Tony Ellis’s music before. He had seen the Ellis banjo book in Frett Mill Music in Roanoke and was struck by a picture of Ellis composing music for a Sam Shepherd play. Upon receiving the recording from Thom, Tony Ellis invited him to the farm at Braeburn, Ohio, and a musical friendship was forged. Tony listened to several of Thom’s tunes and encouraged him to record them; he even sent them off to his friend, Steve Martin. The result was “That Evening Sun,” an album of 16 original tunes by Thom Moore with banjo, violin, cello, mandolin, guitar, bouzouki and percussion. Alan Munde, a legendary banjo player, was asked by the Banjo Newsletter publication to interview Thom for the August 2012 issue, placing Thom’s photo on the cover.
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