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Experts at delivering top quality performers and creating North East Florida music events!

"...The band really loved working with you...  I wish there were more promoters like you across North America!"
Mary Brabec, Agent, The Billions Corporation

"It is a pleasure working with Andy Burke and Michael Shackelford of Village Idiots Productions. Our concert ran smoothly from start to finish, and their hospitality, professionalism and attention to detail is second to none!"
Terry Reeves, Owner, Music Matters Entertainment

UPCOMING EVENTS

Village Idiots Productions is very proud to announce that Tommy Talton will be returning to the First Coast for a special solo concert at The Riverside Arts Market 1:00 PM Saturday, December 12, 2009. What could be better than spending a day at the Market and hearing a musician of Tommy's caliber, all for free?

Tommy Talton

      

Tommy Talton is one of the best songwriters and guitarists of our time. His guitar work on Gregg Allman's classic album, "Laid Back", is stunning. Tommy was a founding member of Capricorn Records group Cowboy, a group whose recordings sound as fresh now as they did when released. While in Macon, GA through most of the 70s, Talton was a studio musician recording with artists such as Bonnie Bramlett, Martin Mull, Corky Lang (West, Bruce and Lang, Mountain), Gregg Allman, Dickey Betts, Clarence Carter, country legend Kitty Wells, Alex and Livingston Taylor, Arthur Conley of Sweet Soul Music fame, and more. He toured extensively throughout the U.S. with Cowboy and with the Gregg Allman tour, from Carnegie Hall (as special guests) to Fillmore West in San Francisco and most cities in between. Talton was also the guitarist on Gregg Allman's "Laid Back" album. He lived and toured in Europe throughout the 90s and formed a group there, called The Rebelizers, with members of Albert Lee's band, Hogan's Heroes. Talton returned to the United States and formed the Tommy Talton Band in 2006. Talton performed at the Beacon Theatre in New York City on March 17, 2009, as a special guest with The Allman Brothers Band in celebration of the Band's 40th anniversary. Talton continues to tour with his band, as a solo act in intimate listening rooms, and as a special guest with many other well known, accomplished musicians and bands.

Tommy's most recent release (April 2009) is the amazing. "The Tommy Talton Band, Live Notes From Athens."