Tom (Thom) Bresh

Thomas Charles Bresh, *23-02-1948 Hollywood, CA, +23-05-2022

3rd version

by Praguefrank, Michel Ruppli, Mario Manciotti, Walter Gabriel, Russell Rosen, Lennart Gustavsson
SESSIONS
6 January 1972 unknown – Tom Bresh (arr. By George Wagner. Producer: Tex Hughes)
001 K-12852 D.B. COOPER, WHERE ARE YOU Thunder and Tummy RN 1014 Kapp K-2160
002 K-12853 APPLE PIE Thunder and Tummy RN 1014  K-2160
7 November 1974 Hollywood, CA – Tom Bresh (Producer: Jimmy Bowen)
003 74L-6631 WAIT 'TIL THE TIME IS RIGHT MGM M 14783
004 74L-6632 YOU'RE THE BEST DADDY IN THE WORLD M 14783
14 April 1975 Nashville, TN – Tom Bresh (Producer: Jimmy Bowen)
005 75N-6889 COLD DUCK unissued
006 75N-6890 A FIRE AND YOU unissued
007 75N-6891 RENO LADY unissued
008 75N-6892 SODA POP AND GUMBALL DAYS M 14824
20 May 1975 Hollywood, CA – Tom Bresh (Producer: Jimmy Bowen)
009 75L-6922 SEVEN SONGS M 14824
010 75L-6923 IF EVERYONE WAS HAPPY unissued
011 75L-6924 I’VE GOT TO SING unissued
ca January 1976 Hollywood Sound Recorders, Hollywood, CA– Tom Bresh (Producer: Jimmy Bowen)
012 HOME MADE LOVE Farr 004/FL-1000
013 CALIFORNIA OLD TIME SONG 004
ca May 1976 Hollywood Sound Recorders, Hollywood, CA – Tom Bresh (Tom Bresh [vcl/ac gt], John Beland [ac/el gt], Richard Bennett [ac/el gt], Thom Rotella [ac gt],  Dean Parks [el gt], James Hughart [bass], Ed Greene / Jimmy Gordon [drums], Mark Peters [keyboards], David Foster/ Larry Muhoberac [piano], Gerald Garrett, Julia Tillman, Laura Creamer, Linda Dillard, Mark Creamer, Susan Steward, Tom Bahler [bck vcl]. Producer: Jimmy Bowen)
014 THE SAD COUNTRY LOVE SONG Farr 009/FL-1000
015 WHILE WE MAKE LOVE TOGETHER Farr 009/FL-1000
016 HEY, DAISY Farr 012/FL-1000
017 WHERE HAVE ALL THE GOOD TIMES GONE Farr FL-1000
018 IF I WERE A CARPENTER Farr FL-1000
019 BUFORD'S ONE AND ONLY Farr FL-1000
020 FUNKY COUNTRY MUSIC DISCO BAND Farr FL-1000
021 YOU'RE MY HOME Farr FL-1000
022 WHERE WAS I Farr 012/FL-1000
023 SHOW ME Farr FL-1000
024 THERE'S ALWAYS SOMETHING MISSING Farr FL-1000
ca March 1977 Glaser Sound Studio, 916 9th Ave. South, Nashville, TN – Tom Bresh (musicians similar as below. Producer: Jimmy Bowen)
025 29450 THAT OLD COLD SHOULDER Dot DO-17720/DO-2084
ca March 1977 Glaser Sound Studio, 916 9th Ave. South, Nashville, TN – Tom Bresh (Tom Bresh [gut string gt], Dale Sellers [el gt], Bob Thompson [ac gt/banjo], John Beland [ac/el gt],  Joe Osborn [bass], Larrie Londin [drums], Tony Magliore [el keyboards], Ron Oates [piano] + vocal chorus. Producer: Jimmy Bowen)
026 HEART OF THE COUNTRY Dot DO-2084
027 KNEE DEEP IN LOVING YOU Dot DO-2084
028 MAKE IT PRETTY FOR ME BABY Dot DO-2084
029 IF WE CAN MAKE IT Dot DO-2084
030 THE WAY I FEEL TONIGHT Dot DO-2084
031 MOTHER COUNTRY MUSIC Dot DO-2084
032 PICKIN' AND FOOLIN' –instr.- Dot DO-2084
from sessions above and below
ca March 1977 Glaser Sound Studio, 916 9th Ave. South, Nashville, TN – Tom Bresh (musicians similar as above. Producer: Jimmy Bowen)
033 29459 I WONDER WHAT IT'S LIKE Dot DO-17703/DO-2084
034 29460 UNTIL I MET YOU Dot DO-17703/DO-2084
035 29462 START ALL OVER AGAIN Dot DO-17720/DO-2084
10 October 1977 Glaser Sound Studio, 916 9th Ave. South, Nashville, TN – Tom Bresh (Tom Bresh [vcl-1/gut string gt], Jimmy Capps [rh gt], Reggie Young [sitar],  Bobby Thompson [banjo], Buddy Emmons [dobro],  Joe Osborn [bass], Larrie Londin [drums],  Buddy Spicher [fiddle], David Briggs [piano]. Producer: Jimmy Bowen)
036 29653 MY LICSKILLET, INDIANA HOME DO-17738/AB-1055
037 29656 HUCKLEBERRY WEEK-END AB-12352/AB-1055
038 29658 THE WAYS OF A WOMAN IN LOVE AB-12352/AB-1055
039 29663 SMOKE! SMOKE! SMOKE! (THAT CIGARETTE) -1 DO-17738/AB-1055
10-30 October 1977  Glaser Sound Studio, 916 9th Ave. South, Nashville, TN – Tom Bresh (Tom Bresh [gt], Jimmy Capps [rh gt], Reggie Young [el gt],  Bobby Thompson [banjo/gt], James Burton [dobro],  Joe Osborn [bass], Larrie Londin [drums],  Buddy Spicher [fiddle], Bobby Wood [piano], Don Cook, Rafe Van Hoy, Dennis Wilson, Janie Fricke, Gonger Holladay, Sheri Kramer [bck vcl]. Producer: Jimmy Bowen) (Producer: Jimmy Bowen)
040 A WOMAN WHO WILL AB-12389/AB-1055
041 IF EVEERYONE WAS HAPPY AB-1055
042 LET IT GO AB-1055
043 MAKIN’ LOVE FEELIN’ NO PAIN AB-1055
044 MY BETTER HALF AB-1055
045 SATURDAY NIGHT AB-1055
046 51101 THE FIRST ENCOUNTER OF A CLOSE KIND AB-12389
ca October 1982 Nashville, TN – Thom Bresh,*and Lane Brody (Producer: Thom Bresh)
047 22598 WHEN IT COMES TO LOVE* Liberty B-1487
048 22599 SOMEBODY LIKE YOU B-1487 B-1502 B-1510

April 1983 Nashville, TN – Thom Bresh (Producer: Thom Bresh)
049 22777 I'D LOVE YOU TO WANT ME B-1502
050 WHATEVER BLOWS YOUR DRESS B-1510

1989 [live] Panama City/ Tampa, FL – Thom Bresh (Producer: Double B Enetrtainment)

05001 GUITAR RAG Double B 0051

05002 COUNTRY AND WESTERN Double B 0051

05003 BRESH’S GUITAR HEROES Double B 0051

05004 DUELING BANJOS Double B 0051

1993 poss. Memphis, TN – Thom Bresh

051 SON OF A GUITAR PICKIN' MAN  Belle meade BMCD-193

052 BLUE SMOKE  Belle meade BMCD-193

053 GUITAR RAG  Belle meade BMCD-193 

054 WALKIN' BACKWARDS  Belle meade BMCD-193 

055 DANCE OF THE GOLDEN ROD  Belle meade BMCD-193 

056 CASCADE  Belle meade BMCD-193 

057 CHILDHOOD MEMORIES  Belle meade BMCD-193 

058 WHITE HEAT  Belle meade BMCD-193

059 WHATEVER BLOWS YOUR DRESS UP  Belle meade BMCD-193 

060 ROCK-A-BYE  Belle meade BMCD-193 

061 BUGLE CALL RAG  Belle meade BMCD-193

062 I'LL CRY INSTEAD  Belle meade BMCD-193 

063 BULLSHOT!  Belle meade BMCD-193 

064 MY GUITAR HEROES  Belle meade BMCD-193 

065 GUITAR IN THE WINDOW  Belle meade BMCD-193   
ca 1995 [live] unknown – Thom Bresh, *w. Buster B. Jones

06501 PROMOTER INTRO  Legend LR 109

06502 HANGIN' WITH THE GIRLS I KNOW/JELLY ROLL BLUES/MERLE AND THOMS BOOGIE Belle meade BMCD-195   Legend LR 109  

06502 MERLE TRAVIS SALUTE (MEDLEY):  NINE POUND HAMMER / DARK AS A DUNGEON / SMOKE, SMOKE, SMOKE THAT CIGARETTE / SIXTEEN TONS / GUITAR IN THE WINDOW Belle meade BMCD-195 LR 109

06503 MY BAND  Belle meade BMCD-195  LR 109

06504 GUITAR SONGS (MEDLEY): SIDEWALKS OF BORDEAUX / MALAGUENA  / CANNON BALL RAG   Belle meade BMCD-195   Legend LR 109

06505 DUELING BANJO'S  Legend LR 109

06506 AGELESS, TIMELESS LOVE  Belle meade BMCD-195 LR 109

06507 POLK SALAD SALLY Belle meade BMCD-195 LR 109

06508 PEANUT BUTTER AND JELLY *  Belle meade BMCD-195 LR 109

06509 THE GODIN SYNTH GUITAR [SCHIZOID GUITAR*]   Belle meade BMCD-195  LR 109*

06510 BACK TO YOU  Belle meade BMCD-195 LR 109  

06511 ACHEY BREAKY VOICES  Belle meade BMCD-195 LR 109

06512 GAG TITLE  Legend LR 109

06513 LONG LOST JOHN Belle meade BMCD-195   Legend LR 109

06514 GOODBYE  Legend LR 109  

06515 THAT'S ALL  Belle meade BMCD-195   LR 109

1999 unknown – Thom Bresh (Producer: Thom Bresh)

066 MR. GUITAR MY FRIEND  Legend DCM 001  

067 WASN'T HE A DANDY  Legend DCM 001  

068 BAR B QUE  Legend DCM 001  LOST JOHN  Legend DCM 001  

069 CHRISTIAN AND NICOLE  Legend DCM 001

070 HAPPY AGAIN  Legend DCM 001  

071 BUSTER UPPER  Legend DCM 001

072 MIDNIGHT  Legend DCM 001  

073 JANET'S PLANET  Legend DCM 001

074 ME AND OLE PAUL  Legend DCM 001  

075 WIRES TO THE WOOD  Legend DCM 001  

076 MIRA MACGUIRE  Legend DCM 001

077 TAKE ANOTHER SWING AT ME  Legend DCM 001  

078 MARCEL'S THUMB  Legend DCM 001

079 MUHLENBERG MOON  Legend DCM 001  

080 MY BROTHER THOM  Legend DCM 001  

081 HEATHER'S HIDEAWAY  Legend DCM 001  

082 COLD, COLD HEART  Legend DCM 001  

083 CLAWIN'  Legend DCM 001  

084 DIANA  Legend DCM 001  
2001 unknown – Thom Bresh and Buster B. Jones (Thom Bresh [gt-1], Buster B. Jones [steel-2] + unknown musicians)

085 WHERE YOU GONNA BE?  -1-2 Solid Air SACD 2025

086 GUTS AND STEEL -1-2   Solid Air SACD 2025  

087 POUSSE DE MARCEL (MARCEL'S THUMB)  -1-2  Solid Air SACD 2025  

088 2ND AVENUE -1-2  Solid Air SACD 2025

089 PICKIN' AND FOOLIN' - STUMPWATER  -1-2  Solid Air SACD 2025  

090 LITTLE TORNADO  -1-2  Solid Air SACD 2025

091 GUITARVILLE  -1-2  Solid Air SACD 2025

092 BROKEDOWN TIME  -1-2  Solid Air SACD 2025

000 AUVOIR MON AMI (FAREWELL MY FRIEND) -2  Solid Air SACD 2025  

093 9 LB JAM -1-2  Solid Air SACD 2025

094 DIRTY LAUNDRY -1-2  Solid Air SACD 2025  

095 CANNON BALL ROMP  -1-2 Solid Air SACD 2025  

096 CAN WE DO IT SLOWER? -1-2  Solid Air SACD 2025  

097 I'LL SEE YOU IN MY DREAMS  -1-2  Solid Air SACD 2025

098 PEANUT BUTTER AND JELLY -1-2  Solid Air SACD 2025  

099 MUSIC, MUSIC, MUSIC -1 Solid Air SACD 2025

100 TENNESSEE WALTZ -1-2   Solid Air SACD 2025

101 RED HAIRED BOY -1-2  Solid Air SACD 2025

102 MALAGUENA  -1-2  Solid Air SACD 2025  

103 WHATS WHERE?  -1-2  Solid Air SACD 2025

104 EIFFEL POWER  -1-2  Solid Air SACD 2025

2002 unknown – Thom Bresh

105 I'M THE MAN, SHE'S THE BOSS

106 THE GRAND OPENING

107 JOB LIKE THAT

108 BROWN EYED WOMEN

109 I'M A GOOD OL' BOY

110 TAKE ANOTHER SWING AT ME

111 THE MAN MY DOG THINKS I AM

112 S.O.B.

113 HE BIT HIM ON THE EAR

114 STANDARD OIL

115 HILLBILLY HELL

116 MR. GUITAR MY FRIEND

117 WHITE TRASH CHRISTMAS

118 UNDERPANTS

119 KELSON'S GAS STATION

120 COUNTRY QUESTIONS PLAY
tracks above issued on album Down and Not Too Dirty

Ca 2010 unknown, AZ – Thom Bresh

121 BOOGIE WOOGIE FEELIN'

122 PAST LIFE

123 BAR SCHOOL

124 COFFEE BREAK –instr.-

125 COOKIE JAR

126 IF CHEATERS NEVER WIN

127 WAITING IN THE WINGS

128 THE CAT CAME BACK

129 MI AMIGO –instr.

130 REED BETWEEN THE STRINGS

131 MY BABY LIVES IN AUSTIN

132 PEACE IN THE VALLEY

133 VERMILLION –instr.-

134 MY BETTER HALF

Tracks above issued on album  @ Home:

ALBUMS
Farr FL-1000 Home Made Love: The Sad Country Love Song; Hey, Daisy; Where Have All The Good Times Gone; While We Make Love Together; If I Were A Carpenter; Home Made Love; Buford's One And Only; Funky Country Music Disco Band; You're My Home; Where Was I; Show Me; There's Always Something Missing – 24-08-76
ABC-Dot DO-2084 Kicked Back: That Old Cold Shoulder; Start All Over Again; Knee Deep In Loving You; Until I Met You; Make It Pretty For Me Baby; Heart Of The Country; I Wonder What It's Like; If We Can Make It; The Way I Feel Tonight; Mother Country Music; Pickin' And Foolin' – 15-06-77
ABC AB-1055 Portrait: Makin’ Love Feelin No Pain; A Woman Who Will; My Better Half; Huckleberry Week-End; Smoke Smoke Smoke (That Cigarettes); Ways Of A Woman In Love; If Everyone Was Happy; My Lickskillet Indiana Home; Let It Go; Saturday Night – 17-03-78

Double B Ent. 0051 Bresh and Brody Live: [Thom Bresh:] Guitar Rag; Country And Western; Bresh’s Guitar Heroes; Dueling Banjos; [Lane Brody:] Give Em My Number; I Am What I Am; Salute To Lane’s Friends; Permanently Mine; Yellow Rose; Amazing Grace / My Country / This Of Thee / America - 89 (cassette)
Belle Meade BMCD-193 Son Of A Guitar Pickin' Man: Son Of A Guitar Pickin' Man; Blue Smoke; Guitar Rag; Walkin' Backwards; Dance of the Golden Rod; Cascade; Childhood Memories; White Heat;Whatever Blows Your Dress Up; Rock-A-Bye; Bugle Call Rag; I'll Cry Instead; Bullshot!; My Guitar Heroes; Guitar In the Window – 08-93
Belle Meade BCD-195 Live and Pickin': Hangin/Jelly Roll; Merle Travis Salute (Medley); My Band; Guitar songs (Medley); Ageless, Timeless Love; Poke Salad; Peanut Butter and Jelly (w. Buster B.Jones); The Godin Synth Guitar; Back To You; Achey Breaky Voices; Lost John; That's All - 95
Legend DCM 101 Wires To The Wood: Mr. Guitar My Friend; Wasn't He A Dandy; Bar B Que; Lost John; Christian And Nicole;Happy Again; Buster Upper; Midnight; Janet's Planet; Me And Ole Paul; Wires To The Wood; Mira MacGuire; Take Another Swing At Me; Marcel's Thumb; Muhlenberg Moon; My Brother Thom; Heather's Hideaway; Cold, Cold Heart; Clawin'; Diana – 99

Solid Air SACD 2025 Guts and Steel - Groovemasters, Vol. 5: Where You Gonna Be?; Guts And Steel; Pousse De Marcel (Marcel's Thumb); 2nd Avenue; Pickin' And Foolin' - Stumpwater; Little Tornado; Guitarville; Brokedown Time; Auvoir Mon Ami (Farewell My Friend) [Buster B. Jones solo]; 9 LB Jam; Dirty Laundry; Cannon Ball Romp; Can We Do It Slower?; I'll See You in My Dreams; Peanut Butter And Jelly; Music, Music, Music [Thom Bresh solo]; Tennessee Waltz; Red Haired Boy; Malaguena; Whats Where?; Eiffel Power – 09-01 w. Buster B. Jones
Legend ? Down and Not Too Dirty:I'm the Man, She's the Boss; The Grand Opening; Job Like That; Brown Eyed Women; I'm A Good Ol' Boy; Take Another Swing At Me; The Man My Dog Thinks I Am; S.O.B.; He Bit Him On the Ear; Standard Oil; Hillbilly Hell; Mr. Guitar My Friend; White Trash Christmas; Underpants; Kelson's Gas Station; Country Questions Play - 02
Legend LR-109 The World's Greatest Guitar Pickin' Entertainer In The World: Promoter Intro; Hangin' With The Girls I Know/Jelly Roll Blues/Merle And Thoms Boogie; Merle Travis Medley; Nine Pound Hammer; Dark As A Dungeon; Smoke, Smoke, Smoke That Cigarette; Sixteen Tons; Guitar In The Window; My Band; Sidewalks Of Bordeaux; Malaguena; Cannon Ball Rag; Dueling Banjo's; Ageless Timeless Love; Polk Salad Sally; Buster B. Jones; Peanut Butter And Jelly; Schizoid Guitar; Back To You; Achy Beacky Voices; Gag Title; Long Lost John; Goodbye; That's All – ca. 02 (enhanced reissue of BCD 195)

? @ Home: Boogie Woogie Feelin'; Past Life; Bar School; Coffee Break (instr.); Cookie Jar; If Cheaters Never Win; Waiting In The Wings; The Cat Came Back; Mi Amigo (instr.); Reed Between The Strings; My Baby Lives In Austin; Peace In The Valley; Vermillion (instr.); My Better Half – 11

DVDs

Homespun Video ? The Real Merle Travis Guitar: Like Father, Like Son – 04

Homespun Video HL 00641893 Thom Bresh In Concert – 05 (rec. Caffe Milano, Nashville, TN)

The Breshman: - 09

Live At The Pinnacle Grille: -11

SINGLES
Thunder and Tummy (1972)

RN-1014 D.B. Cooper, Where Are You? / Apple Pie – 72  (reissued on Kapp K-2160)

MGM (1975) as by Tom Bresh
M 14783 You're The Best Daddy In The World / Wait 'Til The Time Is Right - 02-75 (rev. Feb. 15)
M 14824 Soda Pop And Gumball Days / 7 Songs - 07-75
Farr (1976) as by Tom Bresh
FR-004 Home Made Love / California Old Time Song - 22-03-76
FR-009 The Sad Country Love Song / While We Make Love - 07-76
FR-012 Hey, Daisy (Where Have All The Good Times Gone) / Where Was I - 26-10-76
ABC-Dot (1977) / ABC (1978) as by Tom Bresh
DO-17703 Until I Met You / Wonder What It's Like – 10-05-77 (rev. May 28)
DO-17720 That Old Cold Shoulder / Start All Over Again - 08-77 (rev. Oct. 8)
DO-17738 Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! (That Cigarette) / My Lickskillet, Indiana Home - 12-77 (rev. Jan. 7, 1978)
AB-12352 The Ways Of A Woman In Love / Huckleberry Week-End - 04-78
AB-12389 The First Encounter Of A Close Kind / A Woman Who Will – 11-07-78
Liberty (1982-83)
B-1487 When It Comes To Love  (w. Lane Brody) / Somebody Like You - 29-10-82
B-1502 I'd Love You To Want Me / Somebody Like You - 24-06-83
B-1510 Somebody Like You / Whatever Blows Your Dress - 07-10-83