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Tommy Hays (born Thomas Avery Hays in Hartshorne, Oklahoma, in 1929) is a guitarist, band leader and vocalist; and is one of the last living members of the great musicians who created The Bakersfield Sound.〔(Bakersfield Observed ) ''Remembering the old Blackboard bar''〕 He started playing the guitar in church when he was 10 years old. He performed on the Billy Mize TV Show, Cousin Herb Show, was a member of the house band for the Lucky Spot〔(Legacy.com ) ''Johnny Barnett Obituary''〕 and the Blackboard and had his own radio show on KMPC. Tommy played on stage with many of the old timers who were part of creating the Bakersfield Sound. Tommy was in the band that gave Buck Owens his first gig, with Dusty Rhodes, at a bar called the Roundup.〔(Book excerpt page 209 ) ''Workin' Man Blues: Country Music in California By Gerald W. Haslam''〕 Tommy has been playing in the honky-tonks in and around Bakersfield for over fifty years. Recognized as one of the original “Bakersfield Sound” pioneers,〔(VisitBakersfield.com ) ''History of the Bakersfield Sound''〕 he has helped forge this unique and definitive sound. Driven by the piano, steel and Telecaster guitar, the Bakersfield Sound was a reaction to the early ‘50s and ‘60s sweetening of country music epitomized by the Nashville Sound. Along with the Western Swingsters, he released the CD ''60 Years of Western Swing'' in 2006. Tommy was inducted into the Western Swing Society Hall of Fame in 2010.〔(Western Swing Society ) ''Listing of Western Swing Society Hall of Fame Inductees''〕 He currently resides in Bakersfield, California, and still plays locally.〔(That Bakersfield Sound ) ''Bakersfield Sound article''〕 ==Discography== *''60 Years of Western Swing'' (2006) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Tommy Hays」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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