Tom Love
First, let me thank you for your interest in my music. I am a singer/songwriter based in Newland NC. I have been writing and performing my own music for over thirty years, and I enjoy lots of different kinds of music. I love to write and perform what I call story songs, songs that tell about people and things that happen to everyday folks in the course of their lives. In addition to the story songs, I also write some blues, gospel, and novelty tunes. When asked what kind of music I play, I like to say that I play eclectic acoustic music.
One of the things that gives my music a unique sound is the picking style that I developed due to the fact that I can not get my fingers to work together to get the roll used in finger picking. . My style has a similar sound but is accomplished by using a single thumb pick.
One of the things that I enjoy related to music is collecting guitars. My personal collection includes several different instruments and I play all of them from time to time. One of My favorites is a parlor guitar which I have owned since the late 1970s. It was made by Adler and is unlike any other guitar I have ever seen. It has a slotted head like a classical guitar, but was designed for steel strings, and has a metal bridge. It has a nice inlay pattern around the sound hole and body, and is extremely loud for its size. I currently play a Guild D - 50 on stage that I bought in May of 2006.
I perform regularly in an area of Western NC called the High Country. This includes Banner Elk, Boone, Spruce Pine, Marion, Morganton, and other towns in Western NC. I also travel into Eastern TN. to do shows in Johnson City, Elizabethton, and Roan Mountain.
I love to play festivals, fairs, and celebrations of all kinds, but one of my favorite places to play is in a restaurant atmosphere where I can entertain folks while they enjoy a good meal.
If you are in the High Country area and would like to take in a show, please check out my calendar to see where I am playing. I would love to have you in the audience, and look forward to doing some of my originals for you along with selected covers.