Tom Timlin - Jackson Coffee Company

Tom Timlin at Jackson Coffee Company

Former music teacher Tom Timlin is a native of Lansing, Michigan, now residing in Spring Arbor, Michigan near Jackson. He started singing with old 78 rpm records when he was only 4 years old and fell in love with music. He has been playing musical instruments since eight years old when he started on piano lessons. He later joined the junior high band program and learned to play the trumpet, about the same he took up guitar.
Tom enjoys singing the music of the 50�s 60�s and 70�s, some older country and jazz. Many of these are album cuts, or rare hit songs not played much on the airwaves anymore. Many have different tempos and moods, many are long forgotten pop tunes. Sure, some sound innocent and corny by today�s standards, but they capture fun of the era, and that is what people have lost � a sense of history and fun. The only time you can hear this music is on satellite radio or a TV commercial in bit and pieces.
�I once took a school group to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame,� Tom says. �The only rock icon they knew was Elvis. They had no idea who the Beatles were, or even Prince was. I was brought up on both big band and pop music, and later, classical. It�s all universal: when was the last time you heard and sang along with Motown classic like �Mr. Postman� or �Heat Wave,� the McCoy�s �Hang on Sloopy,� Buddy Holly�s �That�ll Be the Day,� the Everly Brothers� �Let It Be Me�, Elvis� �Blue Suede Shoes�, Bob Dylan (Like a Rolling Stone, It Ain�t Me Babe), �Big Yellow Taxi� (Joni Mitchell). The Lovin� Spoonful, the Beach Boys and other �surfin�/car music,� CCR, �One Hit Wonders� or almost anything from the Beatles� song catalogue? American pop and folk music is our musical heritage, let�s keep it alive and share it.