Tom Hurst

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Tennessee State University music faculty Tom Hurst

FREELANCE RECORDING & TOURING MUSICIAN/DRUMMER: NATIONAL TOURING ARTISTS 1991-PRESENT:

Tom has been a tour and recording drummer for a wide range of national recording artists for almost three decades including: The Backstreet Boys, Wang Chung, Tracy Lawrence, Gary Allan, James Otto, Joe Nichols, Easton Corbin, Lee Brice, Josh Thompson, Damon Johnson of Alice Cooper/Brother Cain, Peter Noon of Herman’s Hermits, Sister Hazel, American Idol alum’/Lyric Street Recording Artist: Bucky Covington, 80’s Pop Star Tiffany, Chuck Wicks, Trent Tomlinson, Jedd Hughes, Shelly Fairchild and many others. Additionally, Tom has served as the House Band Drummer on CBS’ presentation of the 2022 CMT Awards.

Tom’s Recorded Performance Discography number well over 100 albums across a wide-range of regional and national artists including: Tracy Lawrence, Fleetwood Mac, Sister Hazel, Amy Dalley, Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, Danny Wuerffel, Desire Ministries and numerous Nashville custom projects

PERFORMER, WALT DISNEY WORLD, ORLANDO, FL — 1987-2006

Status “Casual Temporary” formerly Substitute Musician for various shows across the Disney properties multiple resorts
Member of EPCOT Center’s Future Corps, Future World Brass and T-Bone Brass
Recorded popular release “The Future of Corps”, 1990.
Substitute Member of Animal Kingdom’s Village Beatniks, substitute drum set for EPCOT Center’s “Candlelight”
Student musician at Magic Kingdom circa 1985-1987
Youngest full time musician on Disney property (over 300 performing musicians at the time) in 1987

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