Fast pace (150 BPM) blues just bass, drums, accoustic guitar harp and vocals

Give Me No More Worries

Soul and old school R&B w rock underpinnings - think Steely Dan vibe

Little Angel

It’s a funky soul type thang , and since funk ain’t an option calling it Rock.. you tell me what it is!

Out of Towner (4-25-25)

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Funk-Jazz-Rock Fusion dished with a heavy beat - no room left for lyrics!

Long Way Gone

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This is deep - the song is in both 3/4 and 5/8  time, they synchronize every 30 8th notes (5 measures in 3/4; 6 measures in 5/8). the chorus if you call it that is in 4/4.  Chord progressions, Guitar and Bass by Tom Spollen, drumming by Robert Kerr circa 1984 - 1986

Re-engineered by Chris Kendridk at Whiskey Bear Studios, Virginia Beach, 2018

3 4 5 8 by Idiot Box c 1984

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This is full out 1980s Rock for the bar or Keg Party

Speaking In Tongues by Swilldog  c 1980

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Song By Tom Spollen, performed by Tom Spollen, John Allen Strozier, Robert Kerr.

Digging A Hole by Tom Spollen and Idiot Box, c 1986

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Horn infused pop number, new twist on Bossa Nova beat, and a nod to Burt Bacharach isnt a bad thing.

Not Forever

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Here it is in its final form, with backup vocals by the one and only Ashinique Williams, engineering by Chris Kendrick at Whiskey Bear Studios, Virginia Beach, Virginia.  This started off with a blues riff in open G tuning, and got expanded w keyboards and big vocals during the Chorus. Then the main riff/verse needed to be funked up to keep up with the Chorus - so added some synths - bring in more backup vocals in the traditional soul fashion.  Lyrics are a comment on the times, lawyers, bankers, digital backdoors, and the many characters on both sides - including the  little characters that sit on each of our shoulders from time to time.. Hope you like the groove!

Down To The Wire (Final Production)

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This is a full-on romp for the break up - stand up, say whats gotta be said, and move on! slide guitar, solo guitar call and response to a southern rockin', country rockin romp.  Enjoy the joy of the break up!

Can't Lie To Be Your Man

Good - Bad, 
Now - Then,
Trouble - Help, 
Women - Men
Yin - Yang, 
Dark - Light, 
Laugh - Cry,
Hold Me Tight.

Little Angel, featuring Willie Byrn

She's phenomenol, really just wonderful, just.. not right for me.  We all have been there, one side or the other, or both - life has its journeys!

Can't Lie To Be Your Man (featuring Willie Byrn)

NEWEP out October 2026: Out of Towners!  New single placed on SoundCloud The Out of Towners - and all digital platforms, for your pleasure, with 5 More Songs to check out!

Robert Kerr: Songwriter, vocalist, rhythm guitar, drums and percussion

Tom Spollen, lead guitar and bass 

Jason Brown, keys

Don Davis, lead guitar and keys

Chris Kendrick: lead guitar, bass guitar, keyboards, engineering

Ashinique Williams, vocals

Jensen Williams, backup vocals

Recorded & Engineered at Whiskey Bear Studio, Virginia Beach

Robert Kerr

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