Thomas Paul "Tompall" Glaser (September 3, 1933 – August 12, 2013) was an American
outlaw country music artist.
Biography
Glaser was born in
Spalding, Nebraska
Spalding is a village in Greeley County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 487 at the 2010 census.
History
Spalding was originally called Halifax, and under the latter name was founded in 1875 by a colony of Irish Catholics. It was re ...
, the son of Alice Harriet Marie (née Davis) and Louis Nicholas Glaser.
He was raised on a farm.
In the 1950s, he recorded as a solo artist. He later formed a trio with brothers Chuck and
Jim
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called
Tompall & the Glaser Brothers
Tompall & the Glaser Brothers were an American country music group composed of three brothers: Chuck (February 27, 1936 – June 10, 2019), Jim (December 16, 1937 – April 6, 2019), and Tompall (September 3, 1933 – August 13, 2013) Glaser. Th ...
.
Tompall and his brothers shared the bill with
Patsy Cline
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at
The Mint casino in Las Vegas, in November–December 1962.
Tompall Glaser's highest-charting solo single was
Shel Silverstein
Sheldon Allan Silverstein (; September 25, 1930 – May 10, 1999) was an American writer, poet, cartoonist, singer / songwriter, musician, and playwright. Born and raised in Chicago, Illinois, Silverstein briefly attended university before ...
's "Put Another Log on the Fire", which peaked at No. 21 on the ''
Billboard
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'' Hot Country Singles (now
Hot Country Songs) charts in 1975.
Tompall appeared with
Willie Nelson
Willie Hugh Nelson (born April 29, 1933) is an American country musician. The critical success of the album ''Shotgun Willie'' (1973), combined with the critical and commercial success of '' Red Headed Stranger'' (1975) and ''Stardust'' (1978 ...
,
Waylon Jennings
Waylon Jennings (June 15, 1937 – February 13, 2002) was an American singer, songwriter, musician, and actor. He pioneered the Outlaw Movement in country music.
Jennings started playing guitar at the age of eight and performed at age f ...
, and
Jessi Colter
Mirriam Johnson (born May 25, 1943), known professionally as Jessi Colter, is an American country singer who is best known for her collaborations with her husband, country musician Waylon Jennings, and for her 1975 country-pop crossover hit " I' ...
on the album ''
Wanted! The Outlaws
''Wanted! The Outlaws'' is a compilation album by Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, Jessi Colter, and Tompall Glaser, released by RCA Records in 1976. The album consists of previously released material with four new songs. Released to capitalize ...
''. In the 1970s his Nashville recording studio, dubbed "Hillbilly Central," was considered the nerve center of the nascent
Outlaw country movement. Glaser,
Waylon Jennings
Waylon Jennings (June 15, 1937 – February 13, 2002) was an American singer, songwriter, musician, and actor. He pioneered the Outlaw Movement in country music.
Jennings started playing guitar at the age of eight and performed at age f ...
and
Willie Nelson
Willie Hugh Nelson (born April 29, 1933) is an American country musician. The critical success of the album ''Shotgun Willie'' (1973), combined with the critical and commercial success of '' Red Headed Stranger'' (1975) and ''Stardust'' (1978 ...
were central figures in that movement.
Glaser died on August 12, 2013, in
Nashville, Tennessee
Nashville is the capital city of the U.S. state of Tennessee and the seat of Davidson County. With a population of 689,447 at the 2020 U.S. census, Nashville is the most populous city in the state, 21st most-populous city in the U.S., and t ...
, at the age of 79, after a long illness.
He was survived by his wife, June Johnson Glaser. His brother, Jim, died of a heart attack on April 6, 2019, at the age of 81. His brother, Chuck, died two months later on June 10, 2019, at the age of 83.
Solo discography
Albums
Singles
See also
* "
Streets of Baltimore "Streets of Baltimore" is a heavily covered country song written by Tompall Glaser and Harlan Howard in 1966.
Although Glaser co-wrote the song, his group, Tompall Glaser & The Glaser Brothers, were not the first to record the song. Bobby Bare rel ...
"
*
Tompall & the Glaser Brothers
Tompall & the Glaser Brothers were an American country music group composed of three brothers: Chuck (February 27, 1936 – June 10, 2019), Jim (December 16, 1937 – April 6, 2019), and Tompall (September 3, 1933 – August 13, 2013) Glaser. Th ...
*
Jim Glaser
James William Glaser (December 16, 1937 – April 6, 2019) was an American country music artist. He was born in Spalding, Nebraska.
Biography
The brother of country singers Chuck and Tompall Glaser, he performed as both a solo artist and al ...
References
External links
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1933 births
2013 deaths
American country singer-songwriters
American male singer-songwriters
People from Spalding, Nebraska
Country musicians from Nebraska
Singer-songwriters from Nebraska