I am thrilled to be sharing the stage with these very talented people next Wednesday. Should be a great night in Asbury Park!!!
WED., MAY 23: ASBURY CAFE PRESENTS: SPRING ACOUSTIC FESTIVAL ACOUSTIC ROCK: Featuring From Stockholm, Sweden, Sofia Talvik / Val Emmich / Tommy Strazza + Special Guests, Doors 7pm.
The Saint is located at:
601 Main Street
Asbury Park, New Jersey
I am very proud to have been nominated for “Top Male Performer” at this year’s JAM(Jersey Acoustic Music) Awards. This was my first year nominated, and what a great time it was. Did I win? Nope… That’s ok… It’s an honor just to be surrounded by such talented and creative people. Congrats to winner: Kevin Basko!!!
Next show: Wednesday May 23rd at The Saint in Asbury Park at 7:45pm… That’s it for now… Talk to you soon!!!
-Tommy
Nosy little fuckers, aren’t you??? Fine, I’ll tell you!!! =)
First up:
I have been awarded “Top Guitarist” at the 2011 Asbury Music Awards!!! That was fun… Especially when Nick Clemons(Son of Clarence) handed me the award. Super nice guy.
Next up:
Tommy Strazza Power Trio… I have been writing, and rehearsing with a new band, new sound… NEW EVERYTHING!!!
We have our debut show on Sunday April 15th at the Brookdale Guitar show(http://www.brookdaleguitarshow.com/) at 2pm.
Look for upcoming shows, as well as some very interesting and new developments in the very near future.
Stay tuned!!!
-Tommy
Kindly check out the “upcoming shows” portion of the site, to see when I, and/or the band, am playing near you!!! More dates to follow!!!
It’s that time of year again, and below is my top 80 albums of 2010.
As with previous years, let me make the following comments before you see my list:
The Model Citizen L.P.
Reviewed by Jim Testa
New Brunswick/Asbury Park singer/songwriter and frequent sideman Tommy Strazza starts his new album off with an old-timey novelty song and ends it with a classic rock ballad that sounds like it’s being sung in an arena in front of 50,000 cigarette lighters held aloft and waving in time to the track’s anthemic whoa-oh-oh chorus.
The Model Citizen L.P.
Reviewed by Jon Pfeiffer
Tommy Strazza combines melodic pop sensibilities with genuine guitar-oriented rock and roll. It’s kind of like having your cake and eating it, too. Strazzas newest disk titled, The Model Citizen LP shows a matured writer that leaves no influential stone unturned in his enthusiastic quest for fresh, stand apart from the crowd, sounds.
TOMMY STRAZZA – The Model Citizen LP (Red 5 Records)
Listening to Tommy Strazza is like listening to a history lesson of rock &roll. It kinda sounds like what rock music would have been if the money grubbing corporations hadn’t gotten their hands all over it. No, this ain’t indie or alternative or anything like that. It’s plain old rock &roll. The album starts out with “You’re Not the Only Show,” a real swingin’ tune that sounds like it could have come out an early rock band from the 50s in the south, with a real rockabilly flare. “SensoryOverload” is more modern, sounding sort of like an 80s Elvis Costello pop tune up…
Tommy is pleased to announce the release of his new album “The Model Citizen L.P.”. Celebration will ensue with a CD release show! Here are the details:
October 8th – Asbury Lanes, Asbury Park, NJ
w/ The Sunday Blues, The Amboys, and WUPA.
8pm/ALL AGES!!! More info to follow!!!
For more info, visit the shows page.
