Life By The Drop - Bruce Maybee - In memory of Mike "snake" Tome

Iron Eyes Blues Band, Live at the 2011 City of Salamanca Carnival, Salamanca NY. Bruce Maybee performs Life By The Drop, made famous by late Stevie Ray Vaughan. In memory of Mike "Snake" Tome, 1970-2011

Mr. Michael R. "Snake" Tome, age 40, of Center Street, Salamanca, New York died early Friday morning, May 13, 2011 as a result of injuries suffered in a motorcycle accident on West State Street Extension, Salamanca, New York.

Born on August 28, 1970 in Olean, New York he was the son of the late Edwin and Lorraine Billy Tome.

Mr. Tome was a graduate of Salamanca High School Class of 1989.

He was the owner and operator of Snake's Smokes, Salamanca, New York.

Mr. Tome founded both the Knock Out Factory and the Seneca Nation Boxing Club. He was a NYS Athletic Commission Boxing Judge, Ohio Athletic Commission Judge Mixed Martial Arts Judge, and Association of Boxing Commissioners National Professional Judge. He was also a promoter of amateur boxing and Pro-Am mixed martial arts events.

He was an enrolled member of the Deer Clan, and a citizen of the Seneca Nation of Indians. He enjoyed motorcycles, classic cars, his pets, and he was an enthusiast of the performing arts. In the past he had competed in the demolition Derby at the Cattaraugus County Fair, his childhood passion for BMX bikes was a driving force for supporting the Salamanca Skate Park, and he was a phenomenal writer and poet.
(O'rourke-O'rourke)

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i was there you guys are awesome