Tommy Crook is an American

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who lives in

Tulsa Tulsa ( ) is the second-most-populous city in the state of Oklahoma, after Oklahoma City, and the 48th-most-populous city in the United States. The population was 413,066 as of the 2020 census. It is the principal municipality of the Tul ...

Oklahoma Oklahoma ( ; Choctaw language, Choctaw: , ) is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States. It borders Texas to the south and west, Kansas to the north, Missouri to the northea ...

. He was inducted into the

Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame The Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame, located in Muskogee, Oklahoma, honors Oklahoma musicians for their lifetime achievements in music. The induction ceremony and concert are held each year in Muskogee. Since its establishment in 1997, the Hall of Fa ...

in 2007.

Professional career

Crook played

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. He replaced the lower two strings on his Gibson switchmaster with bass strings, allowing him to create the impression of playing bass and guitar simultaneously. Crook has played with many artists including J.J. Cale,

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and

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Personal information

Crook was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, on February 16, 1944. He began playing guitar at the age of four and by the age ten had started appearing on local television in Tulsa. He became the father of Kaycie Crook on September 4, 1975. He became the grandfather of Ashleigh Brazell on January 28, 1997.

Discography

*''Mr. Guitar and Mr. Drums'', 1968. *''Tommy Crook'', 1989. *''World of Fingerstyle Jazz Guitar'', Release Date: September 29, 2003, Format:

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. *''110° In The Shade—Guitar Duets with Anthony Weller'', 2002 *Night and Day- Tommy Crook and Shelby Eicher, 1991, Format: cassette *Tommy Crook Plays Unforgettable and Other Favorites, 2004. Format CD

References

Tommy Crook & Anthony Weller 110° In The Shade Guitar Duets 2002 Ton Tom Records The liner notes to this CD state that Tommy recorded some 75 solo tunes but these have never been published. Living people 1944 births Guitarists from Oklahoma 20th-century American guitarists {{US-guitarist-stub