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The WDVX Blue Plate Special – 9/12 – Tom Proctor / Wilder Things Than Us

September 12 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

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Tom Proctor band and his outlaw country band that has been compared to and loved by the fans of Jamey Johnson, Chris Stapleton, Marcus Kane and Luke combs. Tom Proctor is a well-known actor. His music career was launched in Nashville while playing a reoccurring role as “Wayne” the best sound engineer in Nashville on the TV show, Nashville. Tom continues to act in major films and on TV while drawing large crowds at live concerts across the U.S. with his touring band, the Tom Proctor Band. Proctor is well known for his roles in Guardians of the Galaxy, 12 Years a Slave, Birth of a Nation, The Ballad of Buster Scruggs, the television series Justified, Baskets and Nashville as well as many more films.

Tom grew up in a small town in the Rocky Mountains of Utah. He blasting down the canyon on his Harley and hanging out at the livestock auctions and the rodeos. Even tried his hand at amateur rodeo bareback and steer wrestling. Waylon Jennings, Kris Kristofferson, Willie Nelson and Johnny Cash were his heroes. Tom Say’s “Since I grew up on Outlaw Country, it is no wonder that it’s my style today!”

Wilder Things Than Us:

This project formed in 2012 (roughly) in Naples, FL under the moniker My Girl My Whiskey & Me. As a founding member, George chose the name (MGMW&M) based on a song by the Rayado Ruffians. This song represents the life changing moment when George first encountered the mandolin, as well as bluegrass music.

Fast forward about 2 years, when the band has undergone some changes in their lineup and emerged with only 2 members- George and his new wife, Kelly.

With a fresh start in Upstate South Carolina, we began to hone in on our own sound, our own writing style. We wanted to marry the earthiness of Appalachian music with… everything else, lol. We’ve used terms like “Progressive Bluegrass” and “Folk Rock” often, but we’re not committed to a genre. A fan once affectionately dubbed our sound “Zappalachain”, which we very much appreciate. Between our original and cover material you’ll hear jazz, blues, punk- no genre is safe.

In the summer of 2017 we released our debut album, In The Ground, with Other Southern, just before embarking on a year-long tour of the United States. Which states? All of ‘em. Go big, or go home, amIright?

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Date:
September 12
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12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
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WDVX
301 S. Gay Street
Knoxville, TN 37902 United States
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865-544-1029
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WDVX
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