1. Baby Boomer 2. First House 3. Very Short Boooks 4. Catholic Guilt 5. A Piercing Song 6. AOL
7. P.O.P. 8. Infomercial Man 9. The Beatles Are Witches 10. I'm Posting the Ten Commandments 11. Little Star Treks
Who is this guy?
I'm Tom Tuerff, and when I'm not busy
saving the world from bad advertising,
I inflict my bizarre idea of what
constitutes musical entertainment on
unsuspecting, coffee-drinking
audiences in the Phoenix area.
While I usually play music by myself,
I also occasionally share the stage
with others. It helps if they're thinner
than I am.
I have also forced people to listen to
my ramblings in places as far away
as Prescott, Tucson, and New
Orleans. Those poor people...
When did the madness begin?
I was born under the smoky haze of
the steel mills in Gary, Indiana in
1957, and I've been a little hazy ever
since. I started playing music when I
was 15 and got a Sears guitar for
Christmas. I don't have the guitar
anymore; it's the only guitar I've ever
owned that I've ever parted with (much
to the chagrin of my wife).
What are your songs about?
My songs are about two minutes
long. No, seriously, my songs are
about things that other people don't
bother to write about. You know,
important things like baby boomers,
body piercing, paper or plastic, the
Catholic guilt complex, and bad
ways to meet people. Important
stuff.
There are already billions of love
songs. Rest assured, you won't find
any of them in my act, or on my
new CD, "Something To Sell At My
Gigs!"
What do you play?
I play a variety of right-handed
guitars, left-handed. In other words,
upside down. I also play the
mandolin this way. Other
instruments I can play without being
too embarrassed are the harmonica
and my VERY SCARY JAPANESE
AUTOHARP.
I also have some percussion
instruments that go thumpa thumpa,
shikky shikky, ship-ship- ship-ship,
and cccccc...
