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TOM COLTON - Lead Vocal and
Lead Guitar
With 25
years of performing & recording experience, Tom Colton echoes familiar guitar
licks ranging from the likes of Mark Knopler (Dire-Straits) to the smooth
sounds of the Pretenders or the hard rockin swing of Brian Setzer. His lead
vocals are strong and smooth.
Tom’s background includes playing lead guitar for Centerfold,
whose claim to fame was opening for the Jeff Beck Band in 1980 and
performing at the Park West. Moving on to more progressive rock, Tom
contributed his lead vocal and guitar abilities to Rooster, an eight
year project which logged nearly 400 club dates from 1981 to 1987.
Recently, he produced and recorded a full length solo CD recorded at Short
Order Recorder and engineered by Jeff Murphy (Shoes) entitled Welcome the Rain
which was introduced in 1994.
He was also chosen best guitarist by Gand Music & Sound for their 1997
CD released, Chicago’s Finest
Fingers.
Tom formed
Kampfire Kowboys and
recorded his 2nd CD Somewhere Blue, also recorded at
Short order Recorder, and released in 1999.
Somewhere Blue received many rave reviews in the local press. Check out the press
page.
Tom
produced & wrote his 3rd CD titled “Stand Still” for
Kampfire Kowboys. Stand Still was released in May 2000 and received
rave reviews from the local press and music industry in general.
In
2001-2002, Tom was lead vocalist for “Big
Guitars from Memphis” which played numerous concerts and
festivals in and around the Chicago area. He is also working on new original
material for future endeavors.
In May,
2002, Tom formed the band Zero-260. He sang lead vocals and greatly
contributed a fair share of lead guitar.
Zero 260 played a variety of classic rock, blues/swing music. The band played numerous clubs in and
around the Chicago area.
In August, 2003,
Tom joined up with ”Band on
the Run”, a Paul McCartney, Wings tribute band. Ron Star, the band’s leader who
coincidently, sounds like Paul McCartney, brought Tom into the show in
August, 2003. They perform all
around the Chicago-land & Illinois area.
Check out their web site!
In August, 2004 Tom met up with Kimberly Kane and Big Trouble. Kimberly, one great singer, performs a
great variety of music. The band plays a lot of
classics as well like, Rolling Stones, Mellencamp
to Jimi Hendrix.
This is guitar heaven from Tom’s point of view. He also gets to sing a few songs. Please
check out their web site for more info.
IIn
December, 2006, Tom is back home playing with his old buddies Dave Piper and
Scott Hendricks with the band The
Volcanoes. The Volcanoes play a variety of classic rock & roll
tunes for any club or festival event. Check out their web site at
www.thevolcanoesband.com.
Currently,
Tom is still hangin’ out with his old friends from
“Centerfold”.
The band decided to get the band back together in 2008. Previously,
they were performing at the Warrenville 4th of July concerts sharing the
stage with bands like,
Ides of March,
Head East &
American English. Check out
their web-site at
www.centerfoldband.com.
Also see
Tom's Page for more info
and audio downloads.
 The 80's (Centerfold Days)
send an email to Tom
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