Music Artist
Tommy Jay
Tommy Jay's Tall Tales of Trauma, originally released on cassette by Mike Rep's Old Age/No Age label in 1986, is seeing a bit more daylight this year thanks to Columbus Discount Records. Let it be known that the Quotas' drummer and a seasoned collaborator is also responsible for an americana psych-folk gem. "Old Hemingway" is like Pearls Before Swine without the whimsy. "Memories" holds a twisted mirror to 80's synth-pop. Tommy Jay seems to be channelling Lou Reed on "Winter Nomad", and "I Was There" – my personal favorite – sounds like Ariel Pink covering the Bevis Frond. Kudos to Col Disc for giving Tommy Jay the CD/LP treatment! (-via Jason SIgal at WFMU's Beware of the Blog)
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Genre & Licence Profile
| Genre | Tracks |
|---|---|
| Folk | 4 |
- Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 — 5
Top Tracks by Listens
| Track | Album | Year | Duration | Listens |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| I Was There | Tommy Jay's Tall Tales Of Trauma | 2008 | 5m 37s | 9,523 |
| Memories | Tommy Jay's Tall Tales Of Trauma | 2008 | 3m 22s | 753 |
| Winter Nomad | Tommy Jay's Tall Tales Of Trauma | 2008 | 4m 03s | 473 |
| Old Hemingway (Hem) | Tommy Jay's Tall Tales Of Trauma | 2008 | 2m 52s | 367 |
| Village Idiot | Tommy Jay's Tall Tales Of Trauma | 2008 | 2m 43s | 329 |
Artists in the Same Folk Lineage
- 134 Big Blood tracks
- 99 Derek Clegg tracks
- 65 Roger McGuinn tracks
- 57 David Rovics tracks
- 46 Ed Askew tracks
- 42 Night Viking tracks
- 31 Kelly Latimore tracks
- 31 Garm tracks
Track Catalogue
5 tracks shown
| Track | Album | Genre | Duration | Listens | Licence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I Was There [17, 33, 58] | Tommy Jay's Tall Tales Of Trauma 2008 | 5m 37s | 9,523 | Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Rec. 1986-11-26 | |
| Memories [17] | Tommy Jay's Tall Tales Of Trauma 2008 | Folk | 3m 22s | 753 | Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Rec. 1986-11-26 |
| Old Hemingway (Hem) [17] | Tommy Jay's Tall Tales Of Trauma 2008 | Folk | 2m 52s | 367 | Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Rec. 1986-11-26 |
| Village Idiot [17] | Tommy Jay's Tall Tales Of Trauma 2008 | Folk | 2m 43s | 329 | Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Rec. 1986-11-26 |
| Winter Nomad [17] | Tommy Jay's Tall Tales Of Trauma 2008 | Folk | 4m 03s | 473 | Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Rec. 1986-11-26 |