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Tom Paxton is characterized distinctly for enjoying a strong relationship with fans throughout the world. A well-known American folk singer and singer-songwriter, Thomas Richard Paxton is noted mainly for writing, performing and recording music for over forty years.

His songs have experienced enduring appeal and have been recorded by several artists. Paxton has performed thousands of concerts around the world in Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Hong Kong, Scandinavia, France, Germany, Italy, Belgium, Holland, England, Scotland, Ireland, Canada, and all over the United States.

Thomas Richard Paxton was born on October 31, 1937, in Chicago, Illinois. His family moved to Wickenburg, Arizona where he began riding horses at the numerous dude ranches around Wickenburg. Unaware of his destination, Tom was introduced to folk music, though at the time he did not know what it was called.

He also discovered the music of Burl Ives while in Wickenburg. He then relocated to his hometown, Bristow, Oklahoma, in 1948. Tom received his first stringed instrument: the ukulele at the age of 15. The following year, he received a guitar from his aunt, and he soon began to immerse himself in the music of Burl Ives and Harry Belafonte.

In 1955, Tom enrolled first found other enthusiasts of folk music at the University of Oklahoma, where he studied in the drama school. He discovered the music of Woody Guthrie and The Weavers who were among his greatest influences.

After a stay in England due to the professional success and love of the country, Tom and Midge went on a tour of New Zealand and China. Tom came up with the album How Come the Sun in 1971. The album earned him his highest chart ranking in the U.S., but it only got off to number 120.

In 1972, Tom was all set to appear with his brand new album entitled Peace Will Come. Unlike its predecessor, this album barely even reached the charts. Around 1977, he and his family moved to the Washington, D.C.

In 1978, Tom issued his album called Heroes, which spawned a song dedicated to his friend Phil Ochs, who had unfortunately taken his own life in 1976. Another song from the album The Death of Stephen Biko would detail the brutal killing of anti-apartheid activist Steve Biko in South Africa.

Tom Paxton released album, Up and Up in 1979 which spawns a single Let the Sunshine. The song addresses issues concerning environmentalism and solar energy. Besides releasing albums, Tom toured extensively. In 1984, he briefly was a member of a trio (along with Bob Gibson and Anne Hills) known as the Best of Friends. After recording for labels like Mountain Railroad and Flying Fish in the 1980s, he started his own label named Pax Records in 1987.

Not only have Tom Paxtons songs been recoded by several artists by also have been translated into various languages. Some of his most popular songs include The Last Thing on My Mind, Bottle of Wine, Whose Garden Was This?, The Marvelous Toy, and Ramblin Boy.

Tom Paxtons songs can be emotionally affective and cover a wide range of topics. Be it from the serious and profound to the lighthearted and comical, Toms each song tells a different story. Pete Seeger and The Weavers, Judy Collins, Joan Baez, Doc Watson, Harry Belafonte, Peter, Paul and Mary, The Kingston Trio, The Chad Mitchell Trio, John Denver, and many others have recorded Paxtons music.

As the 1990s rolled around, Tom began delving deeply into children's music, recording nine children's albums during the decade. In 1996, he recorded a live album along with his good friend Jim Rooney. The album featured some new comical songs about current events.

My Son John is a moving song about a soldier who comes back home and can't even begin to describe what he's been through, and Jimmy Newman is the story of a dying soldier. What Did You Learn in School Today? mocks the way children are often taught lies. A Thousand Years tells the chilling tale of Neo-Nazi uprising.

On the Road to Srebrenica is about Muslims who were killed in a 1995 massacre in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Beau John is a civil rights era song about taking a stand against racial injustice, and Train for Auschwitz is about the Holocaust. Toms each song says its own story.

In 2000, Tom once again started to write more of the topical songs he had been known for. In 2001, he issued an album with Anne Hills entitled Under American Skies. Followed it was Looking for the Moon (Appleseed Recordings), released in 2002. the album contains a song The Bravest which is about the firefighters who gave their lives while trying to save others on September 11, 2001.

Then there are Paxton's short shelf life songs, which are topical songs about current events for free download on his website. These songs can be lighthearted and comical, or serious depending on the situation, while changing all the time as new ones are written and old ones can reappear. They include:

In Florida, about the 2000 election scandal; Without DeLay, a song about the former congressman; Bobbitt, about the John and Lorena Bobbitt fiasco; Little Bitty Gun, which lampoons Nancy Reagan; I'm Changing My Name to Chrysler, about the controversial federal loan guarantee to Chrysler in 1979; and The Ballad of Spiro Agnew, and Lyndon Johnson Told the Nation etc.

In 2007, Tom Paxton became one of the founding members of the Copyright Alliance. The Copyright Alliance is aimed to promote the cultural and economic benefits of copyrights.

The following year, Tom rewrote his song I'm Changing My Name to Chrysler, about the controversial federal loan guarantee to Chrysler in 1979, as I Am Changing My Name to Fannie Mae, about the 700 billion dollar bailout of the U.S. financial system.

Combined with passion, innovation, boldness and heart, Tom Paxtons music has a fire rarely seen in music today. Experience him LIVE as his live shows are unique each night, never the same show twice.