Hamilton formed Brothers Past in 1996, straight out of high school with classmates Joe D'Amico (bass), Nick Desiderio (drums), and his older brother Jim Hamilton (guitar). However, the performance marked the third time that Hamilton had gotten the opportunity to play the famed instrument. In 1998 Hamilton met Tom McKee and asked him to join the band as a keyboardist and vocalist. JRAD fucking destroyed my mind this past weekend, but the thing that did me in the most was that solo going into I Know You Rider where Hamilton was doing...I don't know what he was doing. Last night’s second set began with the JRAD debut of “Romeo & Juliet” by Dire Straits.
In 1998 Hamilton met Tom McKee and asked him to join the band as a keyboardist and vocalist. Hamilton formed Brothers Past in 1996, straight out of high school with classmates Joe D'Amico (bass), Nick Desiderio (drums), and his older brother Jim Hamilton (guitar). Hamilton has been playing G&L ASAT Basses since he bought his first one at 48th Street Custom Guitars in New York City about twenty years ago. Katy and Matt interview Tom Hamilton of American Babies on 92 WICB's The Shakedown on 10/12/16. Hamilton shined during stand-out solos during “Cumberland Blues” and “Morning Dew”, and the band captivated with the second set’s opening combination of “Althea” into “Gonesville”.You can check out the soundboard from Joe Russo’s Almost Dead’s performance at Boston’s Blue Hills Bank Pavilion in July 2018 below, courtesy of Set One (7:38PM – 8:56PM): Good Lovin’, Iko Iko @, Cumberland Blues > Shakedown Street # -> The Wheel Jam -> Jam -> I Need a Miracle $ > Ramble On RoseSet Two (9:22PM – 10:52AM): Althea, Gonesville, Uncle John’s Band % -> Space -> Morning Dew, China Cat Sunflower ^ -> I Know You Rider@ – With a Man Smart Woman Smarter Tease (MB), # – Unfinished, * – Not played since 2017-01-13 Music Farm, Charleston, SC, a gap of 60 shows, $ – With an Unknown Tease (TH), % – Unfinished, ^ – With a DD Bass Solo & The Wheel Teases (TH & Band), & – Not Played since 2017-10-05 Brooklyn Bowl, Brooklyn, NY, a gap of 36 Shows He discusses his signature basses in rig rundowns most notably in 2012 on the Global Warming tour Tom Hamilton, American Babies, Joe Russo's Almost Dead, Electron, Billy and The Kids. Since 2000, Tom Hamilton has been playing with Electron along with current members, In 2002 Hamilton produced a self-released recording for then unknown Philadelphia artist In 2009 Hamilton recorded and produced Philadelphia-based folk group, This initial line-up toured the Mid-Atlantic area heavily until 1999 when D'Amico, Desiderio, and the elder Hamilton brother left the band to pursue more normal life styles. Hamilton and McKee settled on hiring Hamilton has been the primary songwriter, guitarist, and vocalist for Brothers Past, as well as co-producer for all of their recorded releases. In 2006 Hamilton started playing sporadic acoustic concerts around the Philadelphia area billed as "Tom Hamilton's American Babies", mainly as a way to stay occupied between Brothers Past tours.
Highlights of the show included a performance of “Shakedown Street”, marking the first time the tune had been played in 60 shows, and of “Sugar Magnolia/Sunshine Daydream”, marking the first time the encore pick was performed since a gap of 36 shows. Since then, G&L has built several more ASAT Basses for him, and issued a Tom Hamilton signature model. As the internal relationships in Brothers Past disintegrated and his musical tastes changed Hamilton focused more on acoustic oriented music and decided to make a new band geared towards his new muse. Notably, for the performance, guitarist Tom Hamilton played on Jerry Garcia ‘s “Wolf Guitar,” the Grateful Dead icon’s go-to instrument for over two decades. Joe Russo's Almost Dead is: Marco Benevento, Dave Dreiwitz, Tom Hamilton, Scott Metzger, and Joe Russo. Listen to the first Joe Russo's Almost Dead show from 5 years ago today, read Tom Hamilton's thoughts on JRAD's intentions and read ScottyB's initial review of JRAD's debut. Garcia’s legendary Wolf guitar was With Tom Hamilton expertly wielding the Wolf, the energy of the performance was particularly high. Guitarist, singer/songwriter, Brother's Past.