Tom is endorsed by Gretsch Guitars

I have been playing Gretsch guitars since the mid 1980's. I saw my first Gretsch in the hands of George Harrison of the Beatles on The Ed Sullivan Show. Other notable Gretsch artists were Eddie Cochran (Summertime Blues) Chet Atkins, and more recently, Brian Setzer.

I used to be in a swing blues/rockabilly band called The Edsels. Here I am at the infamous "Cantina Del Cabo" club.

Here I am with fellow Gretsch artist John Sebastian. He was a founding member and main songwriter of The Lovin' Spoonful. He wrote songs like "Summer in the City", "Do you believe in magic", "Daydream", "You didn't have to be so nice", "Did you ever have to make up your mind?", "Darling be home soon", and many others.

Here I am at a Nashville NAMM show with the great Gretsch artist and instrumentalist Duane Eddy.

I have two very musical daughters. Chiara on the left plays violin, piano, guitar and also sings. Liliana on the right plays trumpet in the Experience and also in other bands like "The Heavyweight Champs" and "Indigo Elephant".

When I was a kid, I used to go see Loggins & Messina in concert. Little did I know that someday I would get to meet Jim Messina and talk guitars with him. Here he is playing my Gretsch 6120 with custom TV Jones T-Armond pickups. He really liked the tone. It was great to hear him play my guitar!