Object Record
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Metadata
Title |
"Portrait" |
Object Name |
Record, Phonograph |
Catalog Number |
2019.0079.0002 |
Catalog date |
2019-08-17 |
People |
Bresh, Thomas Charles Nalker, Edward |
Description |
A phonograph record by Tom Bresh, titled "Portrait", with the songs " My Lickskillet, Indiana Home" and "Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! that Cigarette". Autographed on back "Hi Eddie and the Gang, Tom Bresh". ABC records 1977-78. Thomas Charles "Tom" Bresh (1948-2022) was born in Hollywood, California, the biological son of Merle Travis (1917-1983), a Country Music Hall of Fame member. Tom Bresh was raised by his mother, Ruth E. (Johnson) Bresh (1910-1999) and his step-father, Everett "Bud" Bresh in Southern California and later in Washington, Indiana. Tom first learned that Merle Travis was his biological father when he was a young man, but vowed out of respect to his step father not to speak of it until after Bud's death in 1987. Tom had a life-long music career as a "hotshot guitar picker & television celebrity figure" and scored a top 10 country hit in 1976 with "Home Made Love." |
Caption |
Record by Tom Bresh |
Subjects |
Singers Singing Sound recording industry Sound recordings People associated with arts, entertainment & sports Music Music publishing industry Musicians |
Classification |
Entertainment Men People |