Tom Kimmel
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Biography
Tom Kimmel, born Thomas Eugene Hobbs II in 1953 in Memphis, Tennessee, is an American singerâsongwriter and poet whose early life unfolded in small towns of south Alabama; he graduated from the University of Alabama in 1975. His initial breakthrough came with the 1987 single "Thatâs Freedom" from the album 5 to 1, which peaked at number 64 on the Billboard Hot 100 in July 1987 and was later covered by John Farnham, reaching number 6 in Australia and earning Gold certification. Kimmel followed 5 to 1 with Circle Back Home (1990), Donât Look Back (1993), Bones (1994), Short Stories (1999), Shallow Water (2002), and Honor Among Thieves (2003) with The Sherpas, and Light of Day (2004). His compositions have been recorded by Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings, Linda Ronstadt, Joe Cocker, and Randy Travis, and featured in television series such as Miami Vice, Touched by an Angel, and Dawsonâs Creek, as well as films Twins, Runaway Bride, and Serendipity. Kimmel has toured extensively as a solo performer and with groups including The Sherpas, The New Agrarians, and The Waymores, and he teaches songwriting workshops; in 2006 he published his first book of poems, The Sweetest and the Meanest.
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- Track Popularity
- Can't Slow Down
- Pretty
- Cab Ride
- Downsizing
- My Cat
- Room With a View
- Lawn and Garden
- Wedding Poem
- Coincidence
- Bad News
- Back to Heaven
- The Real Thing
- Books, The Morning After
- When You Know
- Cannibals
- The Man on The Phone
- Intro
- The Sweetest and The Meanest
- My Father's Brand
- Detour
- Maybe From The Back
- Buddy
- Modesty
- Fascism
