Tom 'Ketchfish' Inglis

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Tom 'Ketchfish' Inglis was raised in a Whitman, Massachusetts, about 30 miles south of Boston. His earliest musical influences were through his family members. His father Ivan still plays cowboy songs, sings in church choirs and barbershop quartets. Both Dad and Mom have very eclectic tastes in music and exposed Tom to Country, Big Band, Swing, Classical, Early Rock & Roll, Rockabilly and Popular music. As the third in birth order, he was also strongly influenced by his brother Steve who briefly sang high tenor in a 50's revival group and his sister Lynn, an established and talented blues singer. Their connection to the music of the 60's and the lp's lying around the house played strongly into the development of his musical taste. Younger sister Trish also sings in church choirs. The four siblings grew up singing along with the radio in the back seat of the car, developing keen ears for harmony and rhythm with the help of the top Motown and British Invasion acts. Tom took up guitar, at age 14, and is largely self-taught, learning from books and by ear. His discovery of Ry Cooder's slide guitar music through a Arlen Roth course set the course for his primary musical explorations. At 17 years old, Tom ran away from home and school with the clothes on his back and his Sears Dreadnaught Folk guitar and eventually hitchhiked his way to San Diego where he survived on Sunday afternoon busking in Balboa Park and the kindness of strangers for a few months. He began writing s

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Some of Tom's Originals from the early 2000's

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