Tom Russell
Monday 20 October : 8pm (seated)
£13.00 : £11.00 concessions
Utilizing the recorded rants of circus midget Little Jack Horton as well as the voices of Lenny Bruce, Charles Bukowski, Jack Kerouac, Edward Abbey, Harry Partch, Ramblin' Jack Elliott, Dave Van Ronk and others ... Russell fashions a musical collage that speaks of an American Culture gone dead. He summons up the music that influenced his childhood and carries the listener toward an edgy, Beat montage on America.
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Tom Russell was born in Los Angels in 1950 and now makes his home on the border of El Paso-Juarez. He graduated from the
He began his music career in the bars of
San Francisco
In 2005, Hightone Records released Hotwalker, as well as the acclaimed DVD Hearts on the Line by Eric Temple, who has directed films for Public Television including “A Voice in the Wilderness,” on Edward Abbey.
Also in 2005, Rounder Records released the compilation Raw Vision: The Tom Russell Band 1984–1994: Vintage Americana.
Tom Russell has published three books: A detective novel; a songwriting compendium of quotes with Sylvia Tyson, And then I Wrote: The Songwriter Speaks and a book of letters with Charles Bukowski.
Paintings by Tom Russell have been featured in Paste magazine and a major exhibition of his artwork has been mounted at Yard Dog Folk Art Gallery in
Hotwalker is the second stage of a three part American Trilogy, which will conclude with a film and CD on the American West as seen though the eyes of a
The first part of this trilology, The Man From God Knows Where, was termed “one of the most important folk records ever recorded” by John Lomax III.
Rolling Stone and UPI journalist John Swenson noted: “Russell is one of America's great songwriters . . . [Man From God] is as close to a Homeric treatment of American history as we’re ever likely to see . . . when somebody is looking for the equivalent to the Harry Smith anthology in the middle of the next century, The Man From God Knows Where is what they’ll discover.”
Russell also co-produces concert trains across
Tom Russell has recorded one DVD and 20 albums of original material. His songs have been recorded by Johnny Cash, Nanci Griffith, Doug Sahm, Dave Alvin, Joe Ely, Ian Tyson. and others. He is credited, along with Dave Alvin, with establishing the
Russell’s songs have appeared in a dozen films including Songcatcher and Tremors. He has appeared several times on Late Night with David Letterman.
“Tom Russell is an original, a brilliant songwriter with a restless curiosity and an almost violent imagination.”
- Annie Proulx, Pulitzer Prize winning author: The Shipping News and