Tom O'Connor performing at the Nutty Brown Amphitheatre in Austin, Texas on April 17, 2021. (Photo: Ralph Arvesen)
Tom O’Connor is a singer/songwriter from Binghamton, New York. He also spent time in West Virginia, Virginia, Tennessee and Texas. Tom currently splits his time between Nashville, Tennessee and Austin, Texas.Tom O'Connor shared the stage with Parker McCollum and Corey Kent at the Nutty Brown Amphitheatre.
He was raised by a hardworking middle-class family and grew up listening to his parent’s old country, folk and rock records. Although he never picked up an instrument until after high school, he was around music from an early age. Tom learned to play guitar and penned his first songs while attending college at West Virginia University.
While in Nashville, Tom fell into favor with a contingent of Texas based songwriters, leading to regular co-writes with major players in the Red Dirt music scene. A number of those artists brought Tom on the road as an opening act. As an artist, Tom’s songs are derived from personal experiences and everyday blue-collar life. With influences ranging from Classic and 90’s Rock to Red Dirt and Americana, his sound has been described as, “Country Roots Rock.”
He is a seasoned performer that has played over 1,000 shows at venues across the country. His trademark warm, gritty and soulful voice truly conveys emotion and really connects him with an audience. Tom’s debut release, Bad for You EP (2017) features the song “Deserve” which he wrote and performed with Top 40 Country artist, Luke Combs. His highly anticipated follow-up and debut full-length album, “Night Owl,” is slated for a mid-2021 release. To date, O’Connor’s music has been streamed nearly 6 million times.
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