Tompall Glaser

Thomas Paul " Tompall " Glaser ( born September 3, 1933, Spalding, Nebraska; † August 13, 2013 in Nashville, Tennessee) was an American country music singer, who belonged to the outlaw movement of country music.

Career

Tompall Glaser was first appointed to, among others, with his brothers Chuck and Jim as Tompall & the Glaser Brothers and wrote songs for other musicians, including Jimmy C. Newman in 1959 for the top 10 hit You're Makin ' a Fool out of Me, Flatt & Scruggs 1964 I Do not Care Anymore and 1966, Bobby Bare was able to place in the top 5 on the country charts with the Glaser / Howard song The Streets of Baltimore. 1969 founded the Glaser Brothers their own record company, which became the center of the emerging outlaw movement, and a music publisher.

In 1973, Glaser Brothers separated at first and it seemed Tompall Glaser's first notable solo album, Charlie. After some less successful singles Glaser founded 1975 Outlaw band, featuring Fred Newell ( electric guitar ), Mel Brown ( Guitar Lead), Ted Reynolds ( bass), Ben Keith ( Dobro ) and Charles Polk (drums) was. Appeared in 1976, the album The Great Tompall and His Outlaw band and he contributed to the album Wanted: The Outlaws, which was also Waylon Jennings, Jessi Colter and Willie Nelson were involved in the cover songs T for Texas (of Jimmie Rodgers ) and Put Another Log on the Fire ( by Shel Silverstein ) at.

Glaser's following albums and singles were only moderately successful. From 1979 to 1983 he joined again with the Glaser Brothers. In 1986 he published another solo album, Nights on the Borderline. In his later years Tompall Glaser was working in his studio in Nashville and encouraged young musicians.