“Tom Monahan brings something strange to the singer-songwriter MO - Grown-up, Graceful but Hard”
- Phil Sutcliffe – Mojo Magazine
Tom Monahan was born in Novato, California in 1964 and led a nomadic existence due to his father being in the forces. As kids, he and his brothers experienced a lot at an early age, in different countries, half way across the world. His father (Irish/Native American) Joe Monahan was born in the Appalachian Mountains and his mother, Emily Grace (English) was born in Liverpool, UK.
This may explain Tom’s eclectic approach to musical high breds. He also had a Great Uncle Wildcat who was a mountain man – Elmer Fazenbaker. Tom is a seasoned singer songwriter by nature and had plied his craft on the West Coast of the USA and the North West of the UK.
Tom Monahan’s passage into so many genres of music is obviously influenced from his nomadic life as a child. Singer songwriter, performer, producer, artist, designer. From the West Coast