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Thomas Wade


Country/Blues Singer/songwriter
thomaswade@live.ca
www.thomaswade.ca
Released in August 2016, new solo album, Blue Country Soul
Last Date Changed: Sunday, September 4, 2016


ASThomasWadeatPurpleHillApril2016.jpg Thomas Wade is a Country/Blues singer/ songwriter who at 55 years of age just released his solo album entitled, Blue Country Soul in August 2016.

Thomas was born in Burford, Ontario and came from a very musical family. He began his singing career at age 4 and by age 7 he was writing his own songs. At age 10, he was performing with his family band, The Silver Wings. In 1982 he was accepted into the Music Industry Arts Program at Fanshaw College.

After graduating, he formed his own band called, Wayward. From 1996 to 1999, the band ruled country radio. No other independent act was garnering the same level of success as Wayward. They earned 3 Juno Nominations and 7 CCMA Awards. They won both independent single of the year as well as song of the year in 1997 and 1998. The awards and the Top 40 hits kept on coming until he parted ways with the band and decided to go solo.

He released his debut solo album entitled, Lucky 13, which many said was a masterpiece. However in 2001 he began to lose his voice and in 2002 he was forced to cancel a series of shows. In 2004 Celine Dion recorded a song he wrote called, Come To Me. But his voice kept getting worse and it was discovered that he had Oromandibular Dystonia, an incurable disease at the time. He kept on writing with a positive attitude and wasn't content to give up.

Then he learned about the ground-breaking concept of neuroplasticity, and began excercises using the concept to get his speech back and in 2011 he was able to start singing again. He finally reclaimed his voice. Thomas began writing new material with his longtime collaborator, Tim Taylor and these songs would become the tracklist for his new album, Blue Country Soul, his first studio album in sixteen years.

The new album is a gem, according to Atlantic Seabreeze and the album goes to show, with a lot of work and hardship one can achieve and overcome the obstacles along the way and to never give up.

For more information regarding Thomas refer to his website, address posted above, his facebook and Atlantic Seabreeze website .

 

Profile By: John Gavin


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