Hearing cowboy songs and folk artists like Bob Dylan and Joni Mitchell influenced Tom to take up songwriting. He cut his teeth in skid row country bars in Vancouver and along the way moved to New York where he left music to focus on writing fiction. In 1981, The Grateful Dead's Robert Hunter, convinced him to return to music. He has a number of albums and the co-production of a dozen more to his credit. His songs have been recorded by Johnny Cash, Jerry Jeff Walker, Nanci Griffith and Ian Tyson, among others. His most recent album, Borderland, reflects the culture of the El Paso-Juarez region and explores gender borderlands as well as cultural ones. Accompanying Tom will be his long time partner and acclaimed guitar wizard, Andrew Hardin.

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