Tom Janssen

 

Who he?
This Tom Janssen is a London based acoustic guitarist and *not*, as you may be expecting, either
a Dutch political cartoonist or a Dutch jazz-rock/prog bassist. He is not Dutch in any way. He plays
original instrumental music and cites Martin Carthy, Bert Jansch, Michael Hedges and Pierre Bensusan
as his primary influences. Sometimes he has a beard.

**UPDATE**
Tom Janssen now comes with added 100% Italian orthopaedic surgery. Guaranteed.

Where he?
Due to a recent injury, there will no gigs until summer '06 at the earliest.

Music
Ever wondered what the tunes are called? Tom often does. Here's a reminder:

Neals Tune
Gert Lush
Thorn In My Side
The Teabag Rag
Little E
The Girl In The Corner
Playtime in the Nuthouse
Becky Got Hitched
Bucklenuster
Foggy Round The Chilterns
The Osmium Tea Biscuit
Pulling Teeth / Sarcky Bastard
Bears Big Adventure
Lottie May

[ Some new tunes ( 'Rice Pudding & Income Tax', 'Genghis McCaan' and 'The Kindly Ones' ) will added to the set soon ]

Friends and Places
Dead Mice - My favourite covers band - no tune left unRock'd, even ABBA!
The Tarbabies - My other favourite covers band.
Jay Gipson - Brain buggeringly good slide player and all round top egg
Dave Calhoun - Top guitarist to the stars and DIY guru.
Black Sheep Bar
The Cartoon

What Famous People Say
'Never heard of him' - Richard Thompson
'Qui est-il?' - Pierre Bensusan
'Nice hair' - Janice, Tom's Dad's work colleague