Tommy Shaw
Tommy Roland Shaw ( born September 11, 1953 in Montgomery, Alabama ) is an American rock musician who was best known for his membership in the band Styx.
Career
Shaw attended Robert E. Lee High School in Montgomery, afterwards he moved to Chicago and joined the band, The Smoke Ring, with which he appeared for three years.
Styx
In 1975 he replaced John Curulewski as a singer and guitarist for the band Styx. He also composed music for the band, two of his songs from the album Pieces of Eight made it into the Billboard Hot 100; Renegade at position 16 and Blue Collar Man at position 21 After the tour, the album Kilroy Was Here in 1983 he left the band, which broke up in it. In 1996 he took part in a revival tour of Styx, three years later, he recorded the album Brave New World with Styx on.
Damn Yankees
In 1989 he was one of the founding members of the supergroup Damn Yankees, which included Ted Nugent, Jack Blades of Night Ranger, and Michael Cartellone, the future drummer of Lynyrd Skynyrd. In January 1990, the single High Enough, which Shaw had co-written, number 3 on the Billboard charts and the band's debut album reached double platinum reached. In 1992 the second album " Do not Tread ", which was indeed awarded with platinum, but sold much worse.
Solo
Shaw published in the 1980s, three solo albums and in 1984 scored a minor hit single was titled Girls with Guns. Along with Jack Blades was created under the name Shaw Blades the joint album Hallucination. Followed in 1998 with 7 Deadly Zens another solo album. He was also involved in various, produced by Bob Kulick tribute albums.