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Thom Bresh (born 23 February, 1948 in Southern California
Southern California

Southern California, or So Cal, is defined as the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Its population centers on the cities of Los Angeles, California, San Diego, California, San Bernardino, California, and Riverside, California....
, USA) , student of Country Music Hall of Fame great Merle Travis
Merle Travis

Merle Robert Travis was an United States country and western singer, songwriter, and musician born in Rosewood, Kentucky. His lyrics often discussed the exploitation of coal miners....
, is a successful musical performer in his own right.

Bresh did not begin his music career until his adult years. From age 3 to age 17, he worked as an actor and stuntman at Corriganville, where such programs as The Lone Ranger and the Billy the Kidd trilogy.

Finger-picking in the style made famous by his father, he brings his father's legacy to new audiences.






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Thom Bresh (born 23 February, 1948 in Southern California
Southern California

Southern California, or So Cal, is defined as the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Its population centers on the cities of Los Angeles, California, San Diego, California, San Bernardino, California, and Riverside, California....
, USA) , student of Country Music Hall of Fame great Merle Travis
Merle Travis

Merle Robert Travis was an United States country and western singer, songwriter, and musician born in Rosewood, Kentucky. His lyrics often discussed the exploitation of coal miners....
, is a successful musical performer in his own right.

Bresh did not begin his music career until his adult years. From age 3 to age 17, he worked as an actor and stuntman at Corriganville, where such programs as The Lone Ranger and the Billy the Kidd trilogy.

Finger-picking in the style made famous by his father, he brings his father's legacy to new audiences. Bresh is a singer, songwriter, impressionist, and instrumentalist, whose instrument of choice is his custom-made two-sided Langejans SuperDualette
Del Langejans

Delwyn J. Langejans is an innovative United States luthier. He handcrafts everything from reversible dualette guitars to harp guitars.A descendant of farmer immigrants from County of Bentheim, Germany, Langejans was born and raised in Holland, Michigan, where his luthier shop keeps him busy building guitars for such notable musicians as T...
 (see photo at right), which he calls "my band." He has performed alongside performers ranging from Bob Hope
Bob Hope

Bob Hope, Order of the British Empire, Order of St. Gregory the Great , was an British-born American comedian and actor who appeared in vaudeville, on Broadway theatre, and in radio, television and movies....
 to Chet Atkins
Chet Atkins

Chester Burton "Chet" Atkins was an influential American guitarist and record producer.His picking style, inspired by Merle Travis, Django Reinhardt, George Barnes and Les Paul, brought him admirers both within and outside the country scene, both in the United States and internationally....
 to Gordon Lightfoot
Gordon Lightfoot

Gordon Meredith Lightfoot, Jr., Order of Canada, Order of Ontario is a Canada singer and songwriter who achieved international success in folk, country, and popular music....
.

Bresh hosted a weekly television variety show of his own creation, Nashville Swing, has been a regular on the Merv Griffin Show and Dinah
Dinah

According to the Hebrew Bible, Dinah was the daughter of Jacob, one of the patriarchs of the Israelites and Leah, his first wife. The episode of her abduction and violation by a Canaanite prince, and the subsequent vengeance of her brothers Simeon and Levi, commonly referred to as "The Rape of Dinah", is told in ....
, and made a guest appearance on the TNN
TNN

TNN may be:* The Nashville Network or The National Network, former names of Spike *Times News Network, Indian news agency*, UK Transport Industry News Website...
 special A Salute to the Country Greats. As a producer, he has been employed by Country legend Jerry Reed
Jerry Reed

Jerry Reed Hubbard , known professionally as Jerry Reed, was an United States country music singer, country guitarist, session musician, songwriter, and actor who appeared in over a dozen films....
, Classical guitarist Valerie DuChateau, and Merle Travis
Merle Travis

Merle Robert Travis was an United States country and western singer, songwriter, and musician born in Rosewood, Kentucky. His lyrics often discussed the exploitation of coal miners....
. As a videographer, Bresh has shot, produced, and edited projects for Hank Thompson
Hank Thompson (music)

Henry William "Hank" Thompson was a country music entertainer whose career spanned seven decades. He sold over 60 million records worldwide.Thompson's musical style, characterized as Honky tonk Western swing, was a mixture of fiddles, electric guitar and steel guitar that featured his distinctive, gravelly baritone vocals....
, Lyle Lovett
Lyle Lovett

Lyle Pearce Lovett is an United States singer-songwriter and actor. Active since 1980, he has recorded thirteen albums and released 21 singles to date, including his highest entry, the #10 chart hit on the U.S....
, Brooks & Dunn
Brooks & Dunn

Brooks & Dunn are an American country music duo, consisting of Kix Brooks and Ronnie Dunn . Both Brooks and Dunn had worked as singer-songwriters before the duo's formation, charting singles of their own in the late 1980s....
, George Jones
George Jones

George Glenn Jones , is an American country music singer known for his long list of hit records, his distinctive voice and phrasing, and his marriage to Tammy Wynette....
, Tanya Tucker
Tanya Tucker

Tanya Denise Tucker is an American country music artist who had her first hit, "Delta Dawn", in 1972 at the age of 13. Over the succeeding decades, Tucker became one of the few child performers to mature into adulthood without losing her audience, and during the course of her career, she notched a streak of Top Ten and Top 40 hits....
 and Jerry Reed
Jerry Reed

Jerry Reed Hubbard , known professionally as Jerry Reed, was an United States country music singer, country guitarist, session musician, songwriter, and actor who appeared in over a dozen films....
.

Awards and nominations

  • Grammy Award nomination: Merle Travis album Travis Pickin (producer)
  • Academy Award nomination: Over You (theme song from movie Tender Mercies)
  • Wine Lord title bestowed by World Wine Council, Bordeaux, France
  • Wine Lord title bestowed by World Wine Council, Patrimonio, Corsica
  • National Thumbpickers Hall of Fame inductee - 2001


Discography

  • Son of a Guitar Pickin' Man
  • Guts and Steel (duet album with Buster B. Jones, released September 2001)
  • Wires to the Wood
  • Live & Pickin
  • 16 Words


Filmography

  • When America Was Rocked (September 9, 1956) (2006) - composed the musical score
  • Buster B. Jones in Concert (2000)
  • Thom Bresh in Concert (1998)
  • The Real Merle Travis Guitar: Like Father, Like Son (1994)
  • Great Guitar Lessons: Blues and Country Fingerpicking
  • Merle Travis: Rare Performances 1946-1981 - 2 duets with Thom Bresh from 1981
  • Killing of Uncle Billy Tilman
  • Killing of Ed Masterson
  • Gunfight at the OK Corral


See also

  • Merle Travis
    Merle Travis

    Merle Robert Travis was an United States country and western singer, songwriter, and musician born in Rosewood, Kentucky. His lyrics often discussed the exploitation of coal miners....
  • Pattern picking
  • Music of Kentucky
    Music of Kentucky

    The Music of Kentucky is heavily centered on Appalachian folk music and its descendants, especially in eastern Kentucky. Bluegrass music is of particular regional importance; Bill Monroe, "the father of bluegrass music", was born in the Ohio County, Kentucky community of Rosine, Kentucky, and he named his band, the Blue Grass Boys, after the...


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