Tommy Z

Top 5 Billboard Blues, Top 5 iTunes Blues & #1 charting/selling artist Tommy Z hails from Buffalo, NY. He has toured extensively around the world fronting his own group as an international/national festival headliner, & also as sideman to the likes of Grammy winner Pinetop Perkins. Inducted into Buffalo's Music Hall of Fame in 2007 he's also done numerous tours for US troops around the world in Iraq, Afghanistan, Africa, Egypt the Middle East, Europe, Asia & Micronesia etc. via USO/AFE. His award-winning, acclaimed guitar playing, singing & songwriting combines the best in classic and contemporary blues with pop, rock, jazz & funk influences. In 2018 and 2019 The TZB headlined the 2nd biggest New Years Eve Ball Drop in the country to an expected 40,000 (they were also booked for 2020 which was cancelled over the virus). 2019 Included headlining festivals in Denmark & again in Colombia, South America followed by support for Robert Cray & Jimmie Vaughan's tours. The new album for a 2021 release entitled, "Plug in and Play" features songs written & produced by three-time Grammy-award winner Tom Hambridge (Buddy Guy, ZZ Top, Jagger/Richards, Clapton, etc.).

Offstage Tommy has composed TV/film music for the "Red Hot Chili Peppers Biography" on A&E. He wrote the St. Louis Blues (NHL) victory song in 2009, has a variety of placements on NBC/Discovery/Biography/Animal Planet (co-writing the "Swamp Wars" show main title with music supervisor Matt Kierscht) & many more.