Tom Tuerff
Something To Sell At My Gigs
© 2001 Tom Tuerff (783707321325)
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Hilarious original songs from a Phoenix-based musician about important things like moving, paper vs. plastic and the weird piercings people get in their bodies.
tracks
- 1 Baby Boomer
- 2 First House
- 3 Very Short Books
- 4 Catholic Guilt
- 5 A Piercing Song
- 6 AOL
- 7 P.O.P.
- 8 Infomercial Man
- 9 The Beatles are Witches
- 10 I'm Posting the Ten Commandments
- 11 Little Star Treks
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Tom Tuerff is a Phoenix-based singer-songwriter who likes to say he writes about important things: getting older, Catholic guilt, body piercing and choosing between paper or plastic, to name just a few.
After years of playing coffeehouses around Phoenix, he says, "People kept telling me, 'Tom you have to make a CD so you have something to sell at your gigs.'" So I recorded the CD and it's called 'Something To Sell at My Gigs.'"
Fortunately, not only have his audiences taken notice, but Tom has made a new friend in Dr. Demento, who played Tom's "First House" frequently throughout 2001.
"The song was played on Dr.Demento six times in all by the end of June," Tom says, "and five of those times, the song was in the 'Funny Five,'which is the most requested songs of the week. I was completely blown away but I'm very grateful to the Doc for breaking my song like that."
"First House" eventually reached the #1 spot on the "Dr. Demento Funny 5" on the June 3, 2001 show. By the end of 2001, the song was #5 on Dr. Demento's "Funny 25" list for the year 2001, and is featured on "Debasement Tapes 10," a CD sent out by the show to members of the Demento Society (his fan club).
Other songs on the CD that have received airplay on "weird music" radio shows around the country (and several countries in Europe) include "Very Short Books," "Catholic Guilt," "P.O.P.," "The Beatles Are Witches" and "Little Star Treks."
Tuerff has been playing guitar for more than 30 years, and writing songs nearly as long. He's known for playing right-handed instruments, left-handed. In other words, upside down.
"People have a real problem playing with me sometimes, because they can't figure out what I'm playing," Tuerff says. "Then once they figure it out, they usually have problems playing with others who are doing it normally."
Tom plays coffeehouses around Phoenix, and makes limited appearances outside of the Valley. If you don't live in Phoenix though, now you don't have to go there to buy a CD at one of Tom's gigs--you can order one right here!
Tom can also currently be heard as host of "Zappa Universe," an internet radio show, on Sunday evenings at www.radiofreephoenix.com.
Check out Tom's NEW 2006 album, "But Wait...There's More!" at http://www.cdbaby.com/tuerff2 !
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An enjoyable listen
author: Bruce BrodskyTom's first CD is very well done. Quite funny, with satirical lyrics; an enjoyable listen.
You GOTTA HEAR THIS!!!
author: Jim PipkinThis CD is worth its weight in Viagra just for the song Baby Boomers alone. I laughed so hard I almost...well, you just have to listen to this gem all the way through. Bravo, Tom!!!
He's no Buffy St. Saens but he's no Buffy St. Saens!
author: John ScialliTuerff's 'Something to Sell at My Gigs' is a very funny CD. In fact the song which was the top Dr. Demento song for a nanomonth is not the funniest. It does keep you breathless waiting to hear if he's going to say the "K" word, if you catch my meandering. My favorite songs are 'Very Short Books' and 'Baby Boomer.' As with all great comedy, this is a work of non-fiction, but transcends the obvious banality of Tuerff's existence and suggests subtle banalities also. Don't hesitate to buy this CD, especially if the last comedy album you bought began with the letter "I" and ended with the letters "BUS." If you don't like it, I'll give you his address and you can yell at him.