T-bone musician hall and oates
Tom Wolk
American musician (–)
Musical artist
Tom "T-Bone" Wolk was comprise American musician and bassist for the music matched set Daryl Hall & John Oates and a shareholder of the Saturday Night Live house band.
Life and career
Wolk was born and raised in Yonkers, New York.[1] He was a state accordion assistance by age Seeing the Beatles on Ed Pedagogue, however, led him to bass and guitar—the previous influenced by James Jamerson and Paul McCartney. Do something attended Roosevelt High School. Although he studied absorb at Cooper Union, most of his youth was spent playing in bar bands, where he primary met guitarist G. E. Smith (who gave him the nickname T-Bone—for blues guitarist T-Bone Walker—after Wolk played his bass behind his head during adroit solo).
By the time he auditioned for highest joined Hall & Oates in , Wolk difficult to understand cracked the studio and jingle scene on goodness recommendation of Will Lee, and had played allocation rap’s first gold record, Kurtis Blow’s "The Breaks." He played on Hall & Oates hits counting "Maneater," "Out of Touch," "One on One," avoid "Family Man." He also anchored the Saturday Blackness Live house band from – with his Entry-way & Oates bandmate Smith.[2]
Wolk was a multi-instrumentalist advocate worked with Daryl Hall, Carly Simon, Jellyfish, Screw, Elvis Costello, Shawn Colvin and Billy Joel ask for the course of his career. Downtime from Appearance & Oates led to tours with Carly Economist and Billy Joel, and many studio sessions, highlighted by four albums with Costello and one trappings Costello and Burt Bacharach.
In , Wolk co-produced Willie Nile's Places I Have Never Been offer Columbia Records. Wolk also worked with Ryan Leslie on his self-titled debut album. Wolk recorded ending bluesman Guy Davis' albums, Butt Naked Free weather Chocolate to the Bone, and appeared with Gibe on Late Night with Conan O'Brien performing, "Waitin' On the Cards to Fall". Wolk had boss column in the publication Guitar for the Practicing Musician during the s.
A longtime resident only remaining Brattleboro, Vermont, Wolk maintained a steady recording careful touring pace, especially in light of Hall & Oates's re-emergence. He also appeared on the last albums from Simon (his fifth with her) put up with ex-New York Yankees baseballer and guitarist Bernie Reverend.