FULL BIO

TOMMY KELLY IS AN AMERICAN SINGER-SONGWRITER FROM TERRE HAUTE INDIANA.  HE HAS BEEN PERFORMING SINCE HE WAS 17 YEARS OLD.  AS THE OLDEST OF SIX KIDS, TOMMY CREDITS SOME OF HIS EARLIEST SONG-WRITING INSPIRATION TO THE RESPONSIBILITY HE FELT IN SETTING AN EXAMPLE FOR HIS YOUNGER SIBLINGS (WHICH CAN BE HEARD IN HIS SONG “HEY LITTLE BROTHER,” AMONG SEVERAL OTHER SONGS).  KELLY ALSO SAYS HE DRAWS INSPIRATION IN WRITING FROM “NATURE, LOSS, RELIGION, PHILOSOPHY, MEDITATION, AND OF COURSE LOVE.”  AFTER MOVING TO PHOENIX, AZ IN 2016, TOMMY BEGAN A PROLIFIC WRITING PERIOD AND WROTE NEARLY 100 SONGS OVER THE NEXT TWO YEARS.  AFTER MOVING BACK HOME TO TERRE HAUTE IN 2018, TOMMY LAUNCHED A KICKSTARTER CAMPAIGN AND WAS ABLE TO CROWD SOURCE ENOUGH MONEY (OVER $10,000) IN ALBUM PRE-SALES TO FUND HIS FIRST ALBUM.   IN 2019 HE RELEASED HIS DEBUT EP, BLOOD MOON, WHICH WAS RECORDED AT WELCOME TO 1979 STUDIOS IN NASHVILLE, TN.  SINCE RELEASING HIS ALBUM, TOMMY HAS OPENED FOR ACTS SUCH AS NELLY, THREE DOG NIGHT, LITTLE RIVER BAND AND WHEATUS.  HIS SONGWRITING IS A UNIQUE MIX OF FOLK, COUNTRY AND BLUES.   HIS VOCAL RANGE AND HEARTFELT SONGWRITING SET HIM APART FROM MANY OTHER ARTISTS IN HIS ROOTS-ROCK GENRE.  TOMMY GREW UP, WATCHING HIS MOM SING IN THE CHURCH FOLK GROUP AND SOME OF HIS EARLIEST MEMORIES ARE SITTING IN HIS CAR SEAT, WHILE HIS FATHER BLARED ELTON JOHN.  HIS INFLUENCES INCLUDE JASON ISBELL, ELTON JOHN, STURGILL SIMPSON, AND JIM MORRISON, TO NAME A FEW. TOMMY KELLY AND HIS BAND ARE SCHEDULED TO RECORD THEIR FIRST FULL LENGTH ALBUM WHICH WILL BE RELEASED SOMETIME IN THE BEGINNING OF 2023.   THE BAND FEATURES JEREMY BATES ON LEAD GUITAR, TOMMY WHITEMAN ON DRUMS, TIM WEER ON BASS GUITAR AND MATT BLOCHER ON KEYS.   IN HIS SPARE TIME, TOMMY ENJOYS GOING ON ADVENTURES WITH HIS WIFE, CASSANDRA, SKIING, HIKING, AND HIS NEWEST OBSESSION, MOUNTAIN BIKING.   

JEREMY BATES, FROM TERRE HAUTE INDIANA, HAS BEEN PLAYING SINCE HE WAS 12.  JEREMY HAS BEEN PLAYING MUSIC WITH TOMMY SINCE HE WAS 20 AND TOMMY WAS  17.  HIS INFLUENCES INCLUDE  STEVIE RAY VAUGHAN, JIMI HENDRIX,  DAVID GILMOUR, DEREK TRUCKS, JOE BONAMASSA ANDY TIMMONS, ERIC GALES, MATT SCHOFIELD JOSH SMITH.   JEREMY IS THE FATHER OF 6 YEAR OLD, IDENTICAL TWIN GIRLS, WHO FORTUNATELY FOR THEM, LOOK MORE LIKE THEIR MOTHER, THAN JEREMY.   

TOM WHITEMAN - DRUMS

BLOOMINGTON INDIANA NATIVE, TRANSPLANTED TO TERRE HAUTE TO STUDY JAZZ DRUMMING AT INDIANA STATE UNIVERSITY. INFLUENCED HEAVILY BY JAZZ AND PROG ROCK GROWING UP. STUDIED IN A MULTITUDE OF DRUMMING CONTEXT SUCH AS BIG BAND JAZZ, MARCHING BAND, ORCHESTRAL, SYMPHONIC BAND, SPORTS BANDS, JAZZ COMBOS, AFRO CUBAN, STEEL DRUM BAND, ROCK GROUPS AND MORE. DRUMMING INFLUENCES SUCH AS BUDDY RICH, DAVE WECKLE, KENNY ARNOFF, MAX ROACH, GENE KRUPA, MIKE PORTNOY AND MANY MORE.  WHEN HE’S NOT PLAYING DRUMS, WHITEMAN CAN BE FOUND BREWING BEER IN HIS GARAGE, WHILE LOOKING AFTER SEVERAL 1930’S MODEL A FORDS.   

TIMOTHY M. WEER- BASS GUITAR

TIM WAS BORN IN NEW JERSEY, BUT HAS SPENT MOST OF HIS LIFE IN TERRE HAUTE, IN.

TIM STARTED PLAYING GUITAR AT THE AGE OF 15 AND MOVED ON TO BASS GUITAR AT THE AGE OF 19.   TIM WAS THE PING-PONG CHAMPION OF HIS 5TH GRADE CLASS, BUT DUE TO AN UNRELATED KNEE INJURY THIS YEAR, HE HAS FINALLY DECIDE TO HANG UP THE PADDLE.  

 EARLY INFLUENCES IN HIS DEVELOPMENT INCLUDE : RUSH, DIXIE DREGS, BELA FLECK AND THE FLECKTONES, BILLY SHEEHAN.

MATT BLOCHER - KEYS

BORN IN NORTHWEST INDIANA, BEEN PLAYING PIANO SINCE BEFORE HE CAN REMEMBER. HE HAS BEEN INVOLVED WITH THE IU BLOOMINGTON MUSIC SCENE, AND IS CURRENTLY BASED IN CHICAGO WHERE HE IS A VINTAGE KEYBOARD TECHNICIAN BY DAY. EARLIEST INFLUENCES WERE CHURCH MUSIC, THE BEATLES, BILLY JOEL, STEVIE WONDER.