Thom Shepherd grew up around St. Louis, Missouri, and learned to waterski on the
Mississippi River. He spent many a summer vacation on the river, at the Lake of
the Ozarks and Lake Stockton in Missouri, and at Lake Shelbyville and Lake Carlyle
in Illinois. When Thom's family moved to Virginia they spent time at Lake
Anna and on the Potomac River near Hagerstown, Maryland. He moved to Nashville
in 1993 to pursue a music career and in 2001 wrote the #1 hit song, "Riding
with Private Malone." He even appeared in the video playing the title
role. His songs have appeared on two Gold albums and have been recorded by the
likes of Tracy Lawrence, George Jones, Pam Tillis, Montgomery Gentry, Buddy Jewell,
and Kevin Fowler. Thom co-wrote "Beer Season" with Fowler which hit #1 on the Texas music charts in 2009. He travels and performs constantly with his band the Twang Thang and also with his buddy Steve Williams in the Redneck Yacht Club Band. He has been on eight tours for Armed Forces Entertainment, visiting Alaska, Europe, Africa, The Middle East and Greenland. He wrote the #1 hit song "Redneck Yacht Club" with Steve in 2003. To find out more visit:www.thomshepherd.com |
Steve Williams was born and raised in St. Louis, Missouri and grew up boating on
the Mississippi River and at the Lake of the Ozarks. Steve married his wife,
Terri, buying a home on the East side in Collinsville, Illinois where they
spent many weekends boating with their original Redneck Yacht Club friends out
on Lake Carlyle. Since moving to Nashville, Tn. in 1995, Steve has had cuts by George Strait, Buddy Jewell, Craig Morgan, Trick Pony, Steve Holy and others. He recently celebrated a #1 song on the Christian Music Charts with the song, "I Get To", recorded by Blue County. George Strait recorded his song, "Where Have I Been All My Life" for his album, "TWANG" which was released in Aug. 2009. Steve has been performing since the age of 14 and at sixteen he was a regular performer at Lake Ozark, Missouri's famed Lodge of the Four Seasons resort. His vocal style has been likened to James Taylor. Steve's new CD, "I Get To" can be purchased on the CD link page of this website. He continues to enjoy the lake, writing many of his ideas while anchored at a cove on Percy Priest Lake. What cove? Why...Party Cove! Where else? Look for his cruiser! For more on Steve visit: www.stevewilliamssongs.com www.myspace.com/stevewilliamssongs |
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Thom and Steve met through a friend in Nashville in 2001. When they sat down to write
for the first time they discovered they both had roots in St. Louis.
They hit it off immediately and the first song they penned together was cut by
artist Blake Shelton. When Steve thought of the idea for Redneck Yacht Club
he knew Thom was the one to write it with. The song was written in two
writing sessions. The first day they through some funny lines out about
what it looks like to have a bunch of boats strung together and before they knew
it they were tapping into their life experiences at Lake of the Ozarks, The
Mississippi River, Lake Carlyle, Percy Priest Lake and others. Little did they
know they were writing the "Summer Anthem of 2005" as described by ASCAP.
Join
them on MySpace at: www.myspace.com/officialredneckyachtclub . . |
