Cheese Chronicles

In 1985, three other guys and I -- in Kentucky, of all places -- formed a band, hitched our sled to the rock and roll dream, and screamed mush from the pits of our souls. We had nothing going for us save a vehement, greasy, turbo-psychotic vision of how things might turn out, and we went for it. It is good to pursue an outlandish dream. Latch on to the wild dogs. Grab that whip and yee-the-hell-hah! Eventually the sled comes out from under you, and from that point on, you either run like hell or you get your face dragged all over God's creation, scraping on rocks and bouncing off the sides of trees. There will be great incidence of contusions, highway motel dog breath and bottle-ringed cocktail napkin blitherscribble. Things move faster and faster. Everything you packed for the trip -- relationships, standards, your future -- gets tossed or bounce off somewhere, and all the while, you know you can stop and at any time, just by letting go of the dream. Under no circumstances whatsoever do you let go of the dream.

A successful singer-songwriter with songs recorded by Jimmy Buffett, Todd Snider, Jason Ringenberg, Dan Baird, Scott Kempner and others, TOMMY WOMACK is the author of the rock memoir cult classic Cheese Chronicles: The True Story of a Rock n Roll Band You've Never Heard Of as well as The Lavender Boys and Elsie and the recording artist behind 2007's career-defining There, I Said It! album, as well as founding member of the band DADDY with the Americana Music Association's instrumentalist of the year Will Kimbrough. A two-time WINNER of 'BEST SONG' in the Nashville Scene's annual Best of Nashville poll, Tommy is releasing a new solo studio album - NOW WHAT! - in late February 2012. He is always writing towards his next book. TommyWomack.com