Tom Hampton's years as a journeyman multi-instrumentalist and sideman are bookended by his origins as a singer and songwriter - he released his critically acclaimed debut "Our Mutual Angels" in 1997 before heeding the call as a session player based on his demonstrated adeptness on multiple instruments during those recordings.  His path in the years that followed found his touring and recording with Poco, Craig Bickhardt, The Marshall Tucker Band, Robert Hazard, Dan May, Tracy Grammer and a multitude of acts who came to rely on his musical sensibilities.

Hampton was the last person to join the pioneering country-rock band Poco before the death of founder Rusty Young in 2021 - he later joined fellow Poco alumnus in Cimarron 615, but left the band shortly thereafter and began work on his first album of original material in 25 years.

The resulting record, "A Month of Somedays", owes as much to Jason Isbell and John Moreland as it does to formative influences Jackson Browne and Stephen Stills.  The songs are character studies - honest looks at life, regret, and the passage of time that could only come from an abundance of mileage and experience.  The music wears his country-rock origins on his sleeve, but rides an undercurrent of red dirt Americana instrumentation and confessional singer/songwriter lyricism to form a unique, yet instantly familiar sonic landscape.

A casualty of inner conflict, offspring of the Beatles, Joni Mitchell and Jackson Browne, to name but three. Reluctant performer, graphic artist, horseback rider, guitarist, pseuddhist, fauxtographer and dedicated loner. Student of Rosanne Cash, of americana/folk/singer-songwriters with a love of progrock, ambient and funk. 4 albums: Land of Souvenirs, Prairie Doll, Sycamore Tryst and Tell The Wind. Static website at pattiwitten.com (must get that updated), slight touring history. Hiding out in central New York state amidst the cornfields, crows and cattails. iTunes, CD Baby, Amazon, Pandora, Spotify, etc., etc.

Melanie Safka first attracted national attention when she stepped onto the stage at Woodstock, the summer of '69. As dawn broke, and rain began to fall, she performed on a stage that transformed a generation and changed music forever. 

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