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From our 2014 release, "Goodnight Songs" For your consideration

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For your consideration: The Noon Balloon from our 2014 release, Goodnight Songs"

The Noon Balloon (feat. Jeff R

Another offering from Goodnight Songs for your consideration

Sleep Like a Rabbit (feat. Stu

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Song to Estyn (feat. Stuart Gu

Goat On the Mountain (feat. St

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Little Donkey Close your Eyes For your consideration:

Little Donkey Close Your Eyes

For your consideration, When I Close My Eyes at Night

When I Close My Eyes At Night

For your Consideration, the closing track from Goodnight Songs, The Mouses Prayer.

The Mouse's Prayer

In the Wooden Town for your consideration

Wooden Town (feat. Stuart Gunt

Mambian Melody (feat. Jeff Rom

Farm Jazz was recorded in 2003 and features many of the areas best players. Farm Jazz is still a stand alone great piece of work.

01 Killer Sallie

12 SNOWFALL

11 WINTER ADVENTURE

10 CHERRY TREE

09 THE KITTEN'S DREAM

08 QUIET IN THE WILDERNESS

07 FALL OF THE YEAR

06 ADVICE TO BUNNIES

05 BUNNY JIG

04 BUZZ, BUZZ, BUZZ

03 LOVE SONG OF THE LITTLE BEAR

02 THE SONG OF THE TINY CAT

01 TO A CHILD

Entering into the 58th Grammys with 
 A Celebration of the Seasons: Goodnight Songs. 
Tom is a voting member of the NARAS. 
Tom Proutt started his career as a musician and songwriter early on, learning piano and ukelele at age 10, then picking up guitar a few years later, and writing his first songs at 14.
He played his first show in Baltimore at age 15. In 1980, he moved to Charlottesville, Virginia, and soon built his own home in the nearby mountain town of Schuyler. Proutt was a member of the house band on Peter Jones’ syndicated live radio show, “Tell Us a Tale.” Along with Jan Smith, Jeff Vogelgesang, and Gerald Soriano, he played the music behind the story-telling of Jen Hoffman and Peter Jones. He also co-wrote the theme music to the show with Vogelgesang and Smith.
After Emily Gary contributed vocals to Proutt’s brilliant 2003 release, “Farm Jazz,” the two gradually became close friends and co-writers, soon releasing their debut, “Pancake Mamma.” Gravity Lounge owner, Bill Baldwin, championed Proutt’s songwriting, and Tom and Emily became featured artists at the venue.
In 2004, Proutt started working with publisher Amy Gary, who introduced him to some of the unpublished poems of “Goodnight Moon” author, Margaret Wise Brown. That process has reached fruition with the release of “Goodnight Songs,” a cd of songs derived from those poems. Accompanying the cd is an imaginatively-illustrated book of the poems. All of which makes for quite a package. “Reading through the unpublished works is like opening up a time capsule,” Proutt says. “Many of the works were just a few lines but the sentiment was true enough to flood a three-minute piece, and ultimately broad enough to inspire the wonderful illustrations that grace each individual song page. I’m just proud to be a part of such a great project. I love how the book and the cd fit together. ‘Goodnight Songs’ is just a beautiful work of art.” 
These days, Tom divides his time writing songs, playing music with Tom & Emily, and performing with the group, Keith Morris and The Crooked Numbers. Proutt signed on with Morris in 2007, playing guitar on Morris’s “Songs From Candyapolis,” and is featured in full force on Morris’ new release, “Love Wounds and Mars,” which received a rave review in No Depression Magazine. When the band plays live, they often include versions of songs written by Proutt, as well as songs co-written by Proutt and Morris. “Tom’s guitar work is exquisite,” Morris says. “He brings a songwriter’s sensibility to the guitar, and adds integral riffs and signature touches to the songs. He’s also a top-shelf songwriter on his own.”
Proutt lives on the Rockfish river only two miles from the original home of television’s Walton Family. He enjoys spending his nights near a wood stove, playing music with his talented and accomplished children, Tommy and Emily.




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