introducing Tommy Roe

Perhaps the best lead-in for an artist like Tommy Roe is a simple statement: "Don't pigeonhole him."

In the current world of music, it is extremely easy to categorize acts and artists and be done with it: you know the terms: "glitter-rock," "outlaw country," "space music," "MOR," etc. Then you have people who
cannot be stuck into a niche so comfortably for, among other reasons, their creativity is too broadly based. Tommy Roe is one of those people.

The Atlanta-born singer/songwriter took up the guitar at age thirteen and began composing about the same time. In high school he formed a band, The Satimes, which soon became a top-drawing act around the south, crica 1960. " We were just doing it for the fun of performing, " Tommy recalls with a smile, "but the
gigs got better and better and I suddenly realized --at that tender age -- that you could actually make
money playing music."

Unlike many aspiring artists, Tommy's first smash came early. Roe secured a contract with ABC Records and his first Nashville session resulted in the gigantic 1962 single, "Sheila." Tommy had penned the tune when he was fourteen.

This spawned the impetus for a string of tremendous successes through the decade which included "Sweet Pea," "It's Now A Winter's Day," "Dizzy," and "Jam Up and Jelly Tight," to name but a few. The ensuing
worldwide tours, TV appearances and resultant glory are well documented.

He says about his music, "It's very difficult for me to categorize. I enjoy singing love ballads, happy rock and roll and blues -- the opposite ends of the spectrum. A lot of it reflects what I've gone through --
experiences that other people have had, too. You might say, a mirror of our society now as seen through my eyes."

Tommy Roe's music speaks for itself, a delightful mix of ballads, upbeat rock, mellow tunes and bluesy material. "I have a much better handle," he sums up, "on who I am now, and what I'm doing, than ever before. My music pleases me, and that's important, because in the past I always tried too hard to please everyone else. My goal is to be in the business as an entertainer ten, twenty years from now. Today, it is very important for me to sing well and do a good show."

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