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The Band:  Tom

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

©Andrew Kochanowski (bass), ©Bernies Photos (drums)

 

 

InstrumentBass, keyboard, drums, guitar, backing vocals

Birthday:  March 26

Favorite Jackie Blue songLight It Up

What’s on Tom’s hard drive:  Red Hot Chili Peppers, Beethoven, Led Zeppelin, Bootsey Colins, No Doubt, Garbage, Mozart, 31 Seconds, Aerosmith, L7, Alice In Chains, David Bowie, Talking Heads, Shostakovich, Audioslave, Gap Band, Jane's Addition, the The, Peter Gabriel, Kate Bush, Junior, Fat Boy Slim, Eagles, Lenny Kravitz, Ming Tea, Oingo Boingo, P-Funk, Pink Floyd, Rush, Stevie Ray Vaugn, Steve Broderick, Stevie Wonder, the Cardigans, the Cult, the Cure, the Firm, the Smiths, Traffic, U2, Neil Young, the Cars, Sly & the Family Stone, Concrete Blonde.

Most frequent thought during a live performance:  Why is that light so bright?

Favorite filmsBlade Runner, the Butterfly Effect, 13th Floor, Fight Club, Caddyshack, Gattaca, 1941, Kelly's Heroes, The Matrix, The Shining, Ronin, Snatch, the Usual Suspects, 2001 A Space Odyssey, Fletch, Animal House, Pulp Fiction, Tombstone, Star Wars

Favorite car:  Z06 Corvette

Favorite book:  The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka

Favorite painterSalvador Dali

Favorite drinkGatorade or Jack Daniel’s

Favorite TV show: Pinkey and the Brain

Most desirable pizza topping:  Steak

Hobbies:  Racing cars and airplanes, but I have the weekends off

Prediction of the future:  The speed of light will be surpassed

Favorite cartoon character:  Piglet

Gear: Zon 4 and 5 string Sonus bass guitars with Zon strings

          Carvin R1000 amp, RL410T and RL118 cabinets

 

Roland keyboards and V-series bass synth

 

Pearl drums (Rick Schneider limited edition), Zildjian cymbals, endless numbers of sticks, a cowbell and François the Fish

 

Shure mics and in-ear monitors

 

Fender Stratocaster American Standard

Taylor and Martin acoustic guitars

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pictured above:  Carrie.

©Andrew Kochanowski

 

"What a tremendous voice Carrie has!"--ABC Radio (WJR), by host Frank Beckmenn

 

"Lady Sings the Blues.  The best in classic rock was always that which was derived directly from the blues.  Cream.  Led Zeppelin.  Black Sabbath.  These bands knew where it was at and they went there.  So it is with Jackie Blue."  --JJ Koczan, The Aquarian newspaper, New York and New Jersey

 

"Aw yeah!  I love this band.  This girl is a Janis Joplinite without trying to be.  She has a voluptuous voice.  She's not even trying to be wan and fragile like Dido or Jem.  She's rock and roll."  --Rev. Billy Jesus, Chicago, Illinois.