Tom Pacheco Timeline (Biography/Discography)
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2008- Railroad Rainbows & Talkin Blues
I have written tales inspired with my love for this country and it's
atypical characters that make us cry out for change, while respecting
the lives already lived. I was lucky to be able to record this album
with my brother Paul, who plays bass and lead guitar. I hope you
enjoy listening as much as I have recording it. |
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2005 - Rebel Spring, This is an album that speaks for our
times and I believe it's the most focused album I've ever made. Many
Woodstock musicians contributed to the project including the fabled
and mysterious vocal group, "The Resistance", who appear on
the last track, "Not In My Name". "Rebel Spring"
was recorded at Jim Weider's studio in Woodstock, New York. It was
mixed and mastered at Rob Frazza's studio in Bearsville, New York.
Jim Weider produced it (Jim formerly played lead guitar for "The
Band", replacing Robbie Robertson in 1984). Rob Frazza is Tod
Rundgren's sound and video engineer. |
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2004 - The Long Walk, Tom's Norwegian band consisting of Tom,
Lars Ivar Borg, Freddy Holm, Glenn-Vidar Solheim, and Fredrik
Viklund, released their debut album on Playground Music Scandinavia,
all songs written by Tom. |
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Jim Weider produced and performed instrumental tracks on Tom's newest
album Year of the Big Wind (Bare Bones III), recorded at
Moonhaw Studios in Woodstock and released by Frog's Claw Recordings. |
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2002 - Tom recorded the album There Was a Time for
Appleseed Recordings. Produced by Scott Petito in Catskill, NY, the
album includes a brand-new version of "The Indian Prayer"
and banjo tracks by Pete Seeger. |
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2000 - Norwegian label Norske Gram released the album Nobodies,
the latest collaboration between Tom and Steinar Albrigtsen.. It was
co-produced by Tom, Steinar, and engineer Scott Petito in Levon
Helm’s Woodstock studio. |
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Rick Danko’s posthumously released album Times Like These
featured two songs by Tom, “People of Conscience” and
“You Can Go Home”. |
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1999 - Road Goes On Forever Records released Tom’s album The
Lost American Songwriter (Bare Bones II), which Tom recorded in
Woodstock with producer Jim Weider, lead guitarist for The Band. This
album included the song “If I Should Fail”, co-written with
Rick Danko. |
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1998 - UK-based Road Goes On Forever Records released
Tom’s album Bare Bones and Barbed Wire, a collection of
34 songs recorded “unplugged” in a Dublin studio between
11:00 p.m. and dawn one night in August 1997 by Tom and producer Pete
Holidai (of the legendary Irish ‘70s punk group Radiators from Space). |
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1997 - Tom’s album Woodstock Winter was released
in the U.S. by Mercury and in Norway by PolyGram. This album,
recorded at Levon Helm’s studio in Woodstock, featured
performances by members of The Band, including Levon Helm and Rick
Danko. It was produced by guitarist Jim Weider.
After ten years in Ireland, Tom returned to the U.S. to settle again
in Woodstock. |
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1995 - Steinar Albrigtsen and Sverre E. Henriksen produced
Tom’s Bluefields album, released on Norway’s
Fjording label. |
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1994 - Tom signed a recording contract with Sonet, the
Scandinavian branch of PolyGram Records, which released his album Luck
of Angels. All the songs on this album were co-produced by Tom
and Jay Vern in Nashville except for “Robert and Ramona”,
which Tom recorded in Oslo with producer Svein Gunderson. Steinar
Albrigtsen contributed background vocals and acoustic guitar. |
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1993 - Tom and Steinar Albrigtsen recorded their first duet
album, Big Storm Comin’, in Oslo, Norway, with producer
Sverre Erik Henriksen for Round Tower Records and Norsk Plateproduksjon. |
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1992 - Tom recorded his third Round Tower Records album, Tales
from the Red Lake, in Nashville with co-producer Paul Speer. In
addition to numerous top Nashville studio musicians, this album
featured harmony vocals, harmonica, and Norwegian mouth harp tracks
by Norwegian country star Steinar Albrigtsen. |
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Steinar’s 1992 album, Bound to Wander, featured four
songs by Tom. |
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1991 - Round Tower Records released Tom’s album Sunflowers
and Scarecrows, produced by Kenny Denton at Sonet Studio in
London. The album also features accordion tracks by Cajun star Flaco
Jimenez recorded in Austin, Texas. |
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1989 - Dublin-based Ringsend Road Music Group (Round Tower
Records) released Tom’s first European album, Eagle in the Rain,
produced by Irish folk legend Arty McGlynn. |
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1987 - At the invitation of a friend, Tom left Nashville for
what was originally intended to be a six-week tour in Ireland but
ended up stretching out to a ten-year stay. Settling in Dublin, Tom
used Ireland as a base while touring all over Europe. |
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1986 - Tom moved to Nashville, Tennessee, where he recorded
more than 100 song demos. He continued to write prolifically,
averaging more than 50 new songs per year. |
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1985 - The Hellhounds recorded an album, 85 Tides, which was
never released. |
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1983 - Tom returned to Woodstock and reunited The Hellhounds there. |
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1981 - Tom moved to Austin, Texas, where he formed a new band,
also called The Hellhounds, which was enthusiastically received by
local audiences. |
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1978 - Tom moved to Woodstock, New York, where he continued to
write songs and also earned extra money by selling original
paintings. He formed the band The Hellhounds, which performed in
clubs throughout the area. |
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1976 - RCA Records released two Tom Pacheco albums: Swallowed
Up in the Great American Heartland and The Outsider, both
produced by George “Shadow” Morton. A re-release of
Swallowed Up in the Great American Heartland is currently available
in Japan from BMG Music (www.bmgjapan.com). |
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1974 - Jefferson Starship recorded Tom’s song “All
Fly Away” on their Dragonfly album. |
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Richie Havens recorded the song “Indian Prayer”, co-written
by Tom and Roland Vargas Mousaa, for Richie’s Mixed Bag II album. |
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1971 - Tom and former Euphoria member Sharon Alexander
released the album Pacheco and Alexander on CBS Records. This
album was produced by John Hall and featured backing from the Full
Tilt Boogie Band. |
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1969 - Euphoria, a band consisting of Tom and three other folk
singers, released the album Euphoria on Heritage Records. |
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1965 - At age 19, Tom released his first solo album: Turn
Away From The Storm, a collection of all-original folk songs.
He left Massachusetts to study at Hofstra University in New York
City, where he formed the band The Ragamuffins, which supported Jimi
Hendrix on a number of occasions and also released two singles on
Seville and London Records. |
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1956 - Tom began playing guitar at age 10, studying both
Flamenco and classical styles. |
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1946 - Tom was born November 4 in New Bedford, Massachusetts.
Tom’s father, Tony Pacheco, was a jazz guitarist who played with
Django Reinhardt as well as solo in the clubs of Europe before
returning to the U.S. to raise a family and open a music store, where
he also taught guitar. |
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Tom has performed with the following artists over the years:
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The Band
The Full Tilt Boggie Band
John Simon
Doug Kershaw
Juice Newton
Flaco Jimenez
Steve Bruton
Pete Seeger
Thomas Jefferson Kaye
John Hartford
John Sebastian
Chris Ethridge |
James Burton
Red Phodes
Jim Keltner
Byron Berline
Gail Davies
Kenny Edwards
Andrew Gold
Jay Unger
Happy Traum
Bill Payne
John Hall |
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