Recordings
Hear more original compositions and recordings at Soundcloud.com/TomShad and bandcamp.com/tomshad
Live Performances
Captain Beefheart Tribute Show
Bowery Poetry Club NYC, June 4, 2011
Apes-Ma, Candle Mambo and Best Batch Yet
Best Batch Yet Captain Beefheart Tribute Multiple Sclerosis Benefit Bowery Poetry Club NYC June 4 2011 Vox - Wilder Seltzer Bass - Tom Shad Guitar - Nick Oddy, Ed Littman Drums - Josh Matthews French Horn - Clifton Hyde
Tropical Hot Dog Night
Best Batch Yet - Captain Beefheart Tribute Multiple Sclerosis Benefit - Bowery Poetry Club NYC June 4 2011 Vox & Guitar - Jordan Shapiro Guitar - Doug Gillard Bass - Tom Shad Keys - Jesse Krakow Trombone - Ben Herrington Marimba - Kevin Kendrick Drums - Eric Slick Percussion - Richie Pomerantz
Ikebana - My Bloody Valentine Tribute Show
Bowery Electric, NYC, March 17, 2013
Dave Foster - guitar, vocals Rembert Block - vocals Sam Weisberg - guitar Tom Shad - bass guitar Charlie Roth - drums
Paper Roses - Still Better Than The Beatles - A Tribute to The Shaggs
The Bell House, Brooklyn, NY, April 13, 2012
Julia Cumming - Vox Mike Fornatale - Vox, Guitar Jack Moulton - Guitar Tom Shad - Bass Glenn Johnson - Drums
Workers Union 1/19/14
Alicia Rau - trumpet Brian Groder - trumpet Kevin Schmidt - tuba Rocco John Iacovone - alto saxophone Joe Fee - guitar Ed Littman - guitar Glenn Johnson - drums Jonas Tauber - bass Tom Shad - bass "This piece is a combination of individual freedom and severe discipline: its rhythm is exactly fixed; the pitch, on the other hand, is indicated only approximately, on a single-lined stave.
Recording Credits, Tours and Videos
Albums
Cowboy and Spin Girl, eponymous, 1987 Subway Records
Dumptruck "For the Country," 1987 Big Time Records
Otis Ball and the Chains "I'm Gonna Love You 'Till I Don't Love You Anymore," 1989 Bar None Records
Brilliant Coroners "Brilliant Coroners," 1998 Yeah Man Records
Dark Ages "Dark Ages" 2014