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Fans of Washington area singer..songwriter Tom Blood celebrated the = release=20 of his Debut Album =93Monkey Shines=94 at O=92Brien=92s Pit Barbecue in = Rockville MD and=20 recently added his music to Bill Mulroneys SWB Bandits "Resilient = Heart".=20 http://secondwindbandits.com=20

The high-energy performances, stage presence, strong vocals and = dynamic=20 songwriting capabilities create wide ranges of musical expressions. Tom = has=20 performed around the Washington D.C. area for over 20 years. Versatility = allows=20 him to play in every setting from nightclubs, restaurants, to festivals, = to a=20 quiet coffee house atmosphere.

=93Blood himself proves a singer of considerable range and emotion=94 = Lou King,=20 The Journal Newspaper (NVA Examiner)

Whether Country, Folk, Blues, Pop or Rock in Roll he seems at home = with his=20 style and passionately gives a full set of emotion. With a feeling of = urgency=20 Blood sings about love, stalkers, drunkenness and co-dependency. He = sings about=20 situations of family ruin and about a man who ends up institutionalized = because=20 he has killed his parents.

Tom Blood is just as comfortable fronting his duo or band or as just = a=20 sideman. These previously include groups, Jack Bond, John Harbison, Back = to=20 Back, Lou Phrang and Duck Soup. Blood sings simple songs like = =93Something to do=94=20 (Monkey Shines), which is dominated by the Piano of Bruce Harrison = (formerly=20 Ricky Van Shelton) to more sophisticated song called =93Fooling Your Own = Heart=94.=20 This features Tim Biery of MD on drums, to a Caribbean..African feeling = of=20 =93Walking on The River=94 (Paul Bell DC NightHawks and deceased DC = bassist Wade=20 Matthews). Features, DC/CA Cantor and childrens music expert Mike Stein = Fiddle=20 on "Weary takes me by the Hand". This is about a drummer who was put = away for=20 killing his parents. And more recently the power folk tune "Girl from = long Ago"=20 'a standout tune' (Music Monthly).

Among the core of engineers for Monkey Shines were Bill Wolf, Tim = Biery, Doug=20 Derry Berry, Matt Holsen, Paul Bell and John Donavan. John Alagia (John=20 Mayer/Dave Matthews) was involved at the start of the recording, = providing=20 singing help and breaks playing basketball. And recently Blake Altheon = (Human=20 Factor Productions)added his impressive digital production techniques to = the few=20 songs on Resilient Heart

Blood performs all over the DC Metro area from Hagerstown to Richmond = and all=20 the way to Annapolis. The Late As Usual Duo format usually includes Bill = Enderlin (Bass) who has played with locals Holly (Ted) Garber, Brass = Alley and=20 John Harbison. Also in late 2003 a band was formed called =93Late as = Usual=94,=20 Bethesda MD. Locals have included Mike Lessin of the Kathy Ponton King = band and=20 includes drummer Jay Dennis. The band performs at Cox Farm, Muldoons, = The=20 Brogue, Clydes and the Austin Grill around the DC area.

Some other very talented artists included on Monkey Shines were- John = Donavan, Peter Fraize, Andy Hamburger, Tommy Lepson, Mike Auldridge, = Robbie=20 MacGruder, Dave Elliot and a host of others all lend a hand.=20

According to Lou King about Monkey Shines- Blood=92s music isn't=92t = particularly=20 unique when compared with a lot of other grownup rock, although it is = spirited=20 and rarely plodding. Stylistically, there=92s a little of just about = everything,=20 from the =9170s blues-rock of Change of Heart, to the country feel of = =93Something=20 to do=94 to the Caribbean-tinted =93Walking on the River=94.

With so many stellar names lending their talents to this project, = there=92re=20 bound to a few shining individual performances. Paul Bell=92s nimble = guitar on the=20 Traffic-eqsue =93Fooling your Own Heart=94 and Mike Stein=92s fiddle and = accordion by=20 Jennifer Cutting on the lilting =93Weary=94 (Take me by the Hand) are = just a few of=20 the highlights.

Blood himself proves a more than capable singer of considerable range = and=20 emotion. His surprisingly fleet acoustic solos on =93Way Station Baby=94 = and =93Love=20 the Way You Look Tonight=94 also distinguish him from legions of = one-dimensional=20 coffeehouse strummers.

=93Monkey Shines" really =93Shines!" (Kevin Jones, WOBC FM Oberlin, = OH )

Monkey Shines grabs you from the first intro and never let's you go. = This CD=20 with its fine material and "Corp of Engineers" stand out among local = peers and=20 beg for an encore production! With a voice of undeniable warmth combined = with=20 fine songwriting and passionate delivery makes Blood one of Washington's = more=20 versatile singer songwriter talents.