TOMMY TALTON Six decades in, it’s clear that guitarist and songwriter Tommy Talton is still making music for the sheer joy of it. He manages to perform with both the energy of a music-obsessed kid and the restraint of a seasoned veteran – because, at heart, he is both. He began his musical career in Central Florida and in 1966 was a founding member of a group called “We The People.” The group had several top ten hits throughout Florida, Tennessee and Kentucky. Recording with RCA Victor Records, they gained much critical acclaim and are still considered to be in the top three of the most listened to and appreciated “garage band” genre groups of all time. To this day they have re-releases of recordings from the ‘60’s with Sundazed Records from upstate New York, sales being reportedly steady. In 1970, Tommy Talton, along with Scott Boyer, was a founding member of Capricorn Records group “Cowboy.” From 1971 through 1977 Cowboy recorded 4 albums for Capricorn. “Reach For The Sky,” “5’ll Getcha Ten” (these first 2 albums by Cowboy are now available RealGone Records, and “Boyer and Talton: Cowboy” (1974) and “Cowboy” (1977). Talton also recorded an album titled “Happy To Be Alive/ Talton, Sandlin and Stewart” with producer Johnny Sandlin (Allman Bros., Delbert McClinton). Essentially, it being a solo effort with all but one song being written and sung by Talton. While in Macon, Ga. through most of the 70’s, Tommy was a studio musician recording with artists such as Billy Joe Shaver, Bonnie Bramlett, Martin Mull, Corky Lang (West, Bruce and Lang/ Mountain), Gregg Allman, Dickey Betts, Clarence Carter, country music legend Kitty Wells, Alex and Livingston Taylor, Arthur Conley of Sweet Soul Music fame, Johnny Rivers, and more. He toured extensively throughout the U.S. with Cowboy and with Gregg Allman’s “Laid Back Tour” as Gregg’s ‘Special Guests’ from Carnegie Hall to Fillmore West in San Francisco and most cities in between. Tommy was also the guitarist on Gregg Allman’s certified Gold “Laid Back” studio album. Throughout the ‘90’s, Tommy lived and toured in Europe and formed a group there called “The Rebelizers” with members of Albert Lee’s band, Hogan’s Heroes. Also at that time, he was guitarist on a Belgian television program, “Sommer Kuren” (“Cures Summer,” translated,1997) and played with numerous European musicians such as Toots Thielemans (jazz harmonica) while gigging in France, Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany and Spain. In 2005, after returning to the States, Talton formed “The Tommy Talton Band.” He connected with Southern Music and Allman Brothers Band (news) magazine, “HittinTheNote.” Although the "HittinTheNote" magazine has stopped circulation, all the solo c.d.'s Tommy released while with them are still available here on CDBaby. "Tommy Talton in Europe/Someone Else's Shoes"/ "Live Notes From Athens"/ "Let's Get Outta Here"/ "Until After Then" Also available on CDBaby is the "Cowboy "Live" Reunion 2010." Sharing the stage and jamming with old friends and new ones too, such as The Tedeshi Trucks Band, Gregg Allman Band, The Allman Brothers Band, John Ginty Band, Colin Linden and his Band, harmonica great Buddy Greene, Randall Bramblett Band, Chuck Leavell, etc. He continues to tour the Southeast of the USA, with occasional visits to Chicago, New York and Europe, as a soloist and with a full band of 3 to 6 pieces.