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Outlier Profile - Tommy
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| There's a famous debate about who really was the "fifth Beatle". There is no doubt who the "sixth" Outlier is. Without a doubt, it is Tommy. Tommy has been "guest performing" with the band longer than and more often than anyone else. Tommy has a unqiue gift for playing the guitar (even more striking given his young age). His mature style will conjure up images of delta blues guitar players as well as many of the classic rock blues players. Tommy and Joel met up at the open Blues jam at Chesterfield's, and Tommy's been playing with us ever since. Stop down to a gig and you're pretty likely to hear Tommy laying down some sweet (oh, how sweet!) slide licks on his Les Paul. | |
| Name | |
| Tommy Formisano | |
| Blues Name | |
| Tommy | |
| Primary Instrument | |
| guitar | |
| Other instruments you can play | |
| pots and pans and a little drums | |
| Other instruments you've ever played, but would be afraid to pick up today | |
| piano,sax | |
| Your gear | |
| Gibson, Les Paul, Fender Blues Junior | |
| Top 5 Most Important Musical Influences: | |
| #1 GNR | |
| #2 Sheryl Crow | |
| #3 Kenny Wayne Shephard | |
| #4 Count Basie | |
| #5 Miles Davis | |
| Age began playing music | |
| 3 or 4 years old | |
| Most thrilling personal musical experience | |
| Being at a Grateful Dead Concert | |
| Favorite musical artist | |
| Sheryl Crow | |
| Musical genre you identify with the most | |
| Southern Blues | |
| Your all-time favorite album (your 'desert island disc') | |
| "Get a Grip" -- Aerosmith | |
| Favorite guitar player | |
| Slash | |
| Favorite bass player | |
| Don't listen to bass players | |
| Favorite singer | |
| Aretha Franklin | |
| Favorite harp player | |
| Joel (Ha, Ha!) | |
| Favorite drummer | |
| John Bonham | |
| Favorite tune performed by The Outliers | |
| Too Many | |
| Favorite Elvis song | |
| Blue Suede Shoes | |
| Favorite Beatle | |
| John Lennon | |
| Favorite actor | |
| Brad Pitt | |
| Favorite actress | |
| Ann Heche | |
| Favorite movie | |
| The Pianist | |
| Favorite book | |
| Celestine Prophecy | |
| Favorite author | |
| James Redfield | |
| Favorite magazine | |
| Popular Mechanics and Guitar Player | |
| Favorite web site | |
| The Outliers :) | |
| Favorite newspaper | |
| NY TIMES | |
| Favorite place to do Outliers gigs | |
| NorthShore Cafe | |
| Favorite food | |
| All kinds of Berries | |
| Shoe Size | |
| 15 :) | |
| Your day job | |
| Personal Driving Service | |
| Your least favorite word | |
| authoritarian | |
| Will a little dab really do ya? | |
| Good | |
| Favorite baseball player | |
| Derek Jeter | |
| Favorite all-time TV show | |
| The Honeymooners :) | |
| Favorite all-time TV show theme song | |
| "Cheers" Theme | |
| Favorite drink | |
| Seltzer | |
| Favorite accent | |
| French | |
| "Less Filling" or "Tastes Great"? | |
| Less Filling | |
| Your worst vice | |
| No Vice Here :) | |
| Favorite decade | |
| Late 70s | |
| Do gentlemen really prefer blondes? | |
| Yes | |
| Favorite capital punishment device | |
| I'll pass | |
| Favorite quote | |
| "All things are possible" | |
| Favorite comedian | |
| Tommy Davison | |
| Favorite radio program | |
| Programs on NPR | |
| Mantle or Mays? | |
| Mantle | |
| Favorite travel destination | |
| Hawaii | |
| What the hell does "NPD" stand for anyway? | |
| "You've got me" | |
| The 1st thing you'd buy if you won $10 million | |
| An apartment | |
| Ben & Jerry or Haagen Dazs | |
| Haagen Dazs | |
| Tom & Jerry or Wile E. Coyote & Roadrunner | |
| Tom and Jerry | |
| Ben & Jerry or Tom & Jerry | |
| Neither :) | |
| The Beatles or The Stones | |
| Beatles | |
| Cats or Dogs? | |
| Dogs | |
| Do you think UFO's really exist? | |
| Possible | |
| Favorite geo-political figure | |
| Colin Powell | |
| Favorite sports team | |
| Yankees | |
| Stock picks | |
| Enron :) | |
| 1st concert you ever saw | |
| Grateful Dead -- 1st rock concert | |
| If you could be anywhere right now, where would you be? | |
| Hawaii | |
| Domino's or Pizza Hut? | |
| Spare me :) | |
| Dylan "electric" or Dylan "acoustic" | |
| Not big fan of Dylan | |
| Favorite pet | |
| Pug dog | |
| Who currently isn't, but in your opinion, should be, on a postage stamp? | |
| The Outliers :) | |
| Coke or Pepsi? | |
| Coke | |
| Who was the real genius - Becker or Fagan? | |
| Whatever | |
| Carpet or wood floors? | |
| Wood floors | |
| Favorite dead rock star | |
| John Lennon | |
| Favorite analgesic | |
| Working out :) | |
| Crackling fire or sandy beach? | |
| Crackling fire | |
| Favorite member of ABBA | |
| I'll pass | |
| Who do you think was really behind Kennedy's assasination? | |
| The Republicans | |
| Favorite Woody Allen movie | |
| Don't have one | |
| Favorite condiment | |
| Pepper | |
| Favorite bimbo who ended a politican's/evangelist's/CEO's career | |
| Don't care | |
| Most humbling experience | |
| Contemplating the universe | |
| If you could play a different instrument in the band it would be | |
| Drums | |
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