Workin' Man Records
T N BAND
For the past twelve years, The TN Band has been playing the Los Angeles
scene, appearing at clubs, festivals, colleges, and benefits. They have appeared
at the Playboy Jazz Free Festivals three times, the Taste of Orange County, the
Santa Monica Pier Winter Series annually, Valencia Jazz and Blues Festival, Pasadena
and Santa Monica Colleges, Santa Barbara Jazz Festival, and the Park City Jazz
Festival. Tom and the band have shared stages with Branford Marsalis, Tom Scott,
Les McCann, Booker T and the MGs, the Young Dubliners, Poncho Sanchez, the Gap
Band, Gerald Wiggins, Joe Sample, Christian McBride, Rick Braun, Bony James,
Cecilia Noel, Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, and Billy Vera.
The band's musical mission is to spread positivism and
to make people dance. Tom says, "in indigenous cultures,
music is considered medicine, and has thepower to heal.
That's definitely been true in our lives. We play to make
people forget their troubles, break a sweat, and get in
the groove."
Tom and the band play a wide variety of roots styles,
but their "home base" is rhythm & blues.
Their live shows include a mix of classic soul, blues,
and their own funky material. Nolan is the primary songwriter
in the band. He plays harmonica, percussion, and sings
lead. David Hoyt joins him on guitar and vocals, Victor
Cisneros and Jackie Klimek on saxophones, Ms. Jade on vocals,
Scott Hitchings on keyboards, David Brown on bass and vocals,
and David Stephen Lane on drums.
Besides being a songwriter and bandleader, Tom is an educator
and an actor. He has appeared in twenty films, two television
series, and on the stage in New York and Los Angeles. Tom
has been working with adolescents for seventeen years,
and is currently teaching at the Crossroads School in Santa
Monica.
Tom's
band has three CDs to its credit. The first disc
was released late
in 1996. It is entitled "Don't
Wanna Die Workin'," and is a collection of ten
songs written by Nolan. The second CD, released in
1999, is called "Everyday Hero." It was
recorded at the renowned Oceanway Studios in Hollywood,
and
features nine new originals. On the second CD, David
Hoyt shares in the songwriting credit. The band is
very excited about its third CD, "Life Is Good," which
was released in February of 2001. It captures the
breadth and spirit of the TNB experience. The band
is currently
in the studio working on their fourth effort.
The T N Band is a grass roots effort that
has taken hold. It started in a garage, was cultivated
in clubs, and has moved on to the festival stage.
They have entertained for thousands of people, and
they always leave their audiences dancing. |
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RECENT
PERFORMANCES |
Glendale
Jazz Festival
Norwalk City Community Concert
San Diego Blues Bash
Shasta Blues Festival
Santa Monica College Fireworks Show, 25,000 people
Concordia University Summer Concert Series
Laguna Arts Festival, gala party for 3,000 guests
Playboy Jazz Festival Municipal concerts
Park City Jazz Festival
Pershing Square Municipal Music Series, downtown
Los Angeles
Santa Monica Pier Winter Concert Series
Beverly Hills Arts Festival
Pasadena City College
PAC 10 Finals Concert, Staples Center with Cecilia
Noel and Big Bad Voodoo Daddy
Verizon Music Festival, appearing with John Mayall,
Blood, Sweat, & Tears,
Cecilia Noel, and Joshua Redman to benefit the victims' families of the
World Trade Center and Pentagon tragedies
Manhattan Beach Arts Festival, street festival performance
Kemosabi Golf Tournament Party, Park Meadows Golf Course, Park City,
Utah, opening night party for 400 guests
Valencia Bluebarrel Blues Series, a weekly summer street performance
series for 1500 people; two performances each summer, one in July and
one in September
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MOTOWN |
- Hold on I'm Coming
- Soul
Man
- Midnight Hour
- Knock on Wood
- Sitting on the Dock of the Bay
- When a Man Loves
a Woman
- Signed, Sealed, Delivered
- For Once in My Life
- Proud Mary (Ike &Tina
Version)
- R.E.S.P.E.C.T.
- Tracks of My Tears
- Ain't Too Proud to Beg
- Grapevine
- Shotgun
- Here I Am Baby
- Let's Stay Together
- Roll With It
- Mustang Salley
- Rock Steady
- Think
- I Feel Good
- Sex Machine
- Rescue Me
- Dancing in the Streets
- Papas Got a Brand New Bag
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| Blues |
- The Thrill is Gone
- Stormy
Monday
- Leave Your Hat On
- Down Home Blues
- Crossroads
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STANDARDS |
- Don't Get Around Much Anymore
- Take The A Train
- Unforgettable
- The Way You Look Tonight
- Girl From Iponema
- I'll Be Seeing You
- Fly Me To The Moon
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| CLASSIC
ROCK |
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- Sweet Home Alabamba
- One Way Out
- Brown Eyed Girl
- Wild Nights
- Play That Funky Music
- Pick Up The Peices
- Rambling Man
- Tale It Easy
- Dirty Lowdown
- Taking Care of Business
- Good Loving
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MISC DANCE |
- Oye Como Va (Santana)
- Smooth (Santana)
- Super Freak into Can't Touch This(Rick James/MC
Hammer)
- Forget Me Nots (Patrice Rushen)
- Kiss (Prince)
- 1999(Prince)
- Celebration (Kool and the Gang)
- Jungle Boogie
- Fire(Ohio Players)
- Disco Dazz(Brick)
- Brick House(Commadors)
- Sex Machine(James Brown)
- I Got That Feeling (Janes
Brown)
- Roller Coaster(Ohio Players)
- Slide(artist unkown
for now)
- Bad Girls/Sad Girls(Donna Summer)-Jade
- Play That
Funky Music(Avg. White Band)
- Cut the Cake
- What Is Hip(Tower of Power)
- Atomic Dog(George
Clinton)
- Thank you for letting me be myself (Sly
and the
Family Stone)
- Celebrate
- All Night Long
- Every day People
- I Want to Take
You Higher (Sly)
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