BELOVED NASHVILLE ICON TOMMY WOMACK IS ALIVE AND HAPPILY ROCKIN IN 2021

Tommy Womack enjoys a tremendous affection in Nashville, as well as in some of the rest of the world, for his (often intensely personal) songs that are sometimes funny and sometimes sad; he’s also been known to raise laughter and tears within the same song. From 1985-1992, he played in the legendary post-punk college radio darlings Government Cheese. Then came the Bis-Quits, from 1992-94, with Will Kimbrough and Mike “Grimey” Grimes, who did a critically acclaimed record for John Prine’s Oh Boy! label in 1993.Then Womack’s first book came out, the story of his first band, Cheese Chronicles, which is a cult classic among both musicians and fans. Then came a slew of solo albums (eight so far) starting in ’98. Womack now also plays in Daddy, a part-time band that includes Kimbrough. And alongside all the record-making,
two more books were published. With the new album set for fall, Womack says, “It feels like Christmas when I was eight . . . that delicious impatient anticipation. I mean, there’s more to look forward to this time. I mean, I even have a record deal for this one, and a publicist! - I’ve paid my dues, I’ve paid OTHER people’s dues, I think! Hell, this record might have a chance! Whether I do or not, though, what’s it matter? I’ll just keep doing what I’m doing.
That’s a thing about the music business. They can’t kill you, you have to voluntarily die. And I ain’t dead
yet.”
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