Press Quotes:
“Drawing comparisons to Tommy Stillwell's lead guitar playing poses a hazard for any reviewer, owing to the temptation to parade out names like Johnny Winter, Dave Hole or the Late Stevie Ray Vaughan. Where has this guitarist been hiding? Apparently in every roadhouse, honky-tonk and joint in the Midwest.” - Paul A. Harris
— St. Louis Post-Dispatch
“(Tommy) Stillwell is a drop dead guitarist mining the Texas Vein Stillwell is a complete blues guitarist One of those players you occasionally catch in a club and think to yourself, “This is the real thing. This guy should be famous.” Live Sound and Touring Technology – Kansas City, MO”
— Live Sound and Touring Technology – Kansas City, MO
“Stillwell's guitar work is superb, whether he's playing rocking rhythm and blues, or some fine slide on a well-worn Sears Silvertone.”
— Louisville Music News
“Tommy Stillwell's expertise is evident, capturing listeners in slack-jawed fascination with his delicate, crisp, and exacting guitar mastery.”
— Port Arthur News – Port Arthur, TX
“Tommy Stillwell demonstrates an astounding range of emotional expression on his instrument. He possess the dexterity and speed that nearly all blues guitarists prize. What especially stands Stillwell apart, however, is the conceptual cunning of his solos. Nowhere was this more in evidence than during a lengthy and spirited rendition of the Jimi Hendrix classic, “Red House.” the performance involved two abrupt keychanges that, although they felt epochal, they emerged with absolute seamlessness.”
— St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Guitar
Lead & Backing Vocals, Light Percussion, Songwriter, Music Producer & Publishing
With a career that now spans more than fifty years, Tommy's work is credited on over thirty CD and vinyl releases, film, & television, as well as commercial session work for television and radio.
Add to those credits, award winning songwriter and producer when Tommy teamed up with Jeroen VanTuijl from The Netherlands to co-write "Blue Moon Shines" which won Blues song of the year at the Hollywood Independant Music Awards in Los Angeles, CA. The song is available on the JVT Band album "Southern Comfort." "Blue Moon Shines" can be heard by pressing play on the music player below.
In 2020 Tommy joined forces with another award-winning guitarist, Boscoe France to form the Stillwell-France Blues band and was chosen as a finalist in the International Blues Competition in Memphis, TN
But his true calling is live performance. Tommy has been entertaining audiences in the US and abroad for most of his adult life, with an electrifying presence that can only come from his passion and dedication to the art.
Touring Guitarist with:
The Shaun Murphy Band
The Beat Daddys
The Bobby Clark
The Hellcats
The Bombers
The Amazing Soul Crackers.
“His guitar can sweep you up and make you feel as though you have been set down in the deep South on a hot summer night, where the air hangs heavy and the sweat rolls freely. Then, like a breath of fresh air, squeeze notes out of his guitar that are so soft and sweet, they seem to shimmer like a full moon on The Gulf of Mexico”.
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