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Michael Tomlinson, The Way Out West patriciaelisabeth 9,766 views On a cloudy Northwest afternoon in August, my sweetheart, Patricia, and I drove out to the Snoqualmie River, at the edge of the Cascade Mountains, and filmed this song. We ...
Michael Tomlinson, "Valentine" patriciaelisabeth 14,029 views Who can't relate to the line - "I was around, but you didn't notice me back then"? When I wrote this song I was remembering childhood crushes, thinking of the endless new s...
Michael Tomlinson, "Flag of Human Kindness" : In Honor of Barack Obama patriciaelisabeth 4,481 views Flag of Human Kindness ©Michael Tomlinson   From the wild Alaska sky to the muddy Rio Grande To the stormy shores of rocky Maine, there lies a country I was born here i...
Michael Tomlinson "Seattle Skies" patriciaelisabeth 9,923 views From my earliest childhood days I can recall loving the restless wind and rain, the wild and furious hail and snow of the Texas Panhandle. Weather changes were big and fast...
Michael Tomlinson "Things That I Don't Know" patriciaelisabeth 11,144 views Each October my sweetheart, Patricia, and I go out to Orcas Island in the San Juan Island chain in Washingtons' Puget Sound and spend a few days wandering the backroads, bo...
Michael Tomlinson, "Years" patriciaelisabeth 3,304 views Years- Years was one of the first songs I ever wrote, inspired by my folks and their beautiful love for each other. Sometime in the mid-70s I won a college song...
Michael Tomlinson, "Sunlight" patriciaelisabeth 9,321 views Sunlight - this is one of those songs that has stayed in my concert play list for over twenty years. I still love so many of the lines. "Why do I need answers to loves surp...
Michael Tomlinson, "Raining Away" patriciaelisabeth 8,494 views Raining Away - my beautiful girlfriend, Patricia, stood on the front step on a breezy Seattle afternoon in summer 08 and taped me singing several songs on my little porch. ...
Michael Tomlinson, "The Way We're Going" patriciaelisabeth 5,052 views www.michaeltomlinson.com "This song almost seems like a dream to me. It comes from my Face Up in the Rain CD and, after many years, is one I've recently begun playing in c...
Michael Tomlinson, "Desert Rose" patriciaelisabeth 3,879 views www.michaeltomlinson.com "In the late 90s I spent some time in New Zealand. I kayaked in Purau Bay and hiked the lush hillsides and in the evenings would work on this son...

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Singer-Songwriter ~ Michael Tomlinson

With his honey-warm voice and earthy, uplifting lyrics, Seattle-based singer/songwriter Michael Tomlinsons songs comfort the weary soul. Drawing upon folk, smooth jazz, and Americana, Tomlinsons songs unfold with an easygoing charm and crystalline clarity, driven by his moving, poetic narratives. Tomlinsons latest album, The Way Out West, finds him reflecting on his life, how the experiences of his past have taught him compassion and helped him appreciate the stunning beauty of his beloved Pacific Northwest. The Way Out West could be seen as a journal of the two decades of his life since Tomlinson left his home in Austin, Texas, and made Seattle his home. On the cover, Tomlinson is seen in silhouette holding his guitar as he walks among bold outlines of trees; the brilliant blue of the sky lending a sense that he is embarked on a new beginning. The title track describes the grief of leaving all he knew behind, while the wind-swept strains of Seattle Skies conveys his life long love of changing seasons and natural elements. Tomlinson moved to Washington State after a homemade cassette of his song, The Climb, became the most-requested track of all time on popular Seattle FM radio station, KEZX. The station had developed its own progressive music format that would eventually become known as Adult Album Alternative (AAA), and Tomlinsons friendly hybrid of folk and rock, with a jazz-inflected vocal delivery, was greeted with wide enthusiasm. Inspired by the smashing reception from KEZX and its listeners, Tomlinson recorded and self-released his debut LP, Run This Way Forever. Made available through his Desert Rain label, the record sold 15,000 copies in its first month in Seattle. It eventually moved over 100,000 units nationally as other independent radio stations began adding cuts from the album in high rotation. By his second LP, Tomlinson had signed with a new L.A. record company. The album, Still Believe, earned Tomlinson his first Top-10 Adult Contemporary hit, Dawning On a New Day, and he headlined major theaters across the country as a result of its success. However, an amicable relationship with the label was short-lived. By his fourth record, Tomlinson had grown disenchanted with the company, and when he discovered that the label was secretly shifting his contract to a larger, international company, he rebelled, eventually regaining all of the rights to his previous work. Tomlinson then revived his Desert Rain label, freeing himself from corporate obligations and creative interference. In addition to writing and recording music, Tomlinson has hosted nearly a decade of weekend retreats called, A Gathering of Friends, on the Olympic Peninsula in Washington State, offering his music as a means to bring people together in friendship and goodwill. This spirit of this humanhood is very much alive in his music today.

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