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Tommy Shaw Biography

Tommy Roland Shaw (born September 11, 1953) is an American guitarist, singer, songwriter, and performer best known for his work with the rock band Styx. In between his stints with Styx, he has played with other groups including Damn Yankees, Shaw Blades as well as releasing several solo albums.

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Around '75 when the recession hit, club owners started going to disco because it was cheaper for them to just buy a sound system than it was to hire a band.

Band, Clubs, Hit, Recession, Sound

By the time I did that third solo album, I'd finally learned how to do it, but I'd also learned that I liked being in a band

Album, Albums, Band, Liked, Solo

I don't like looking back.

Back, Like, Looking, Looking Back

It was more fun trying to figure out I Want To Hold Your Hand than to take lessons. By this time I knew basic chords

Figure, Fun, Hands, Hold, Time, Trying

If I have an idea, I write it down, although I usually carry a little dictation machine with me because I'm too lazy to write

Carry, Down, Idea, Ideas, Lazy, Writing

I don't write on tour. There is so much to do day in and day out when you are on the road.

Day, Road, Tour, Write, Writing

I've always stuck with Gibsons. I've had Guilds and Fenders, too, but I always wind up going back to Gibsons.

Back, Fenders, Guilds, Stuck, Wind

I was born in Alabama and my first live music experiences were in church. Every Sunday we watched regional gospel groups on television singing their hearts out

Church, Experiences, Heart, Live, Sight, Sunday

We're kind of defined by our mistakes

Defined, Kind, Mistake, Mistakes

I love the idea of stepping out of the band situation into a solo world with no boundaries, no expectations, where nothing is out of bounds.

Band, Boundaries, Expectations, Ideas, Stepping, World

If music became extinct now, I dont know what Id be good for.

Be Good, Became, Extinct, Know, Knows, Music Is

Success is fickle, but creativity is a gift.

Creativity, Fickle, Gift, Success

There were some older guitarists on my side of town, and I got to know many of them

Guitar, Know, Side, Sides, Town, Towns

When a song gets its legs and begins to come to me, this is the euphoric hook that keeps me wanting to continue.

Begins, Come, Hook, Legs, Song

Songwriting is the other weight on the opposite side of the scale from touring. They balance me out creatively.

Balance, Opposite, Opposites, Side, Weight

As a solo artist, I just felt cemented in front of the mike stand. There was very little time to play with the audience and be a band member

Artist, Audience, Band, Play, Solo

I wrote songs all my life, where anyone wanted to hear them or not.

Hear, Life, Song, Songs, Wanted, Wrote

I like being on the road, living in hotels. While I've got a real nice house, I go crazy when I'm there.

Crazy, Hotels, House, Nice, Real

We were playing popular music, but we were doing our own arrangements because we were too lazy to sit down and figure out the originals

Down And, Lazy, Music, Originals, Popular Song

When I was a kid, I liked the newer music that was coming out. I have never really felt confined by any style of music. I would play in bands that were soul bands or that played standards - any kind of music that I enjoyed playing.

Kids, Music, Play, Played, Soul

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