Tompall Glaser

Thomas Paul "Tompall" Glaser (September 3, 1933 – August 12, 2013) was an American country singer who was a key figure in the 1970s outlaw country movement.

Biography Glaser was born in Spalding, Nebraska, the son of Alice Harriet Marie (née Davis) and Louis Nicholas Glaser. He was raised on a farm along with his brothers Jim and Chuck. Growing up, Glaser and his brothers performed music in local venues and radio stations.

In the 1950s he recorded as a solo artist. He and his brothers later formed a trio, Tompall & the Glaser Brothers.

Tompall co-produced Waylon Jennings's influential 1973 album Honky Tonk Heroes, one of outlaw country’s first albums.

Solo discography

Albums

Year Album US Country 1973 Charlie — 1974 Take the Singer with the Song — 1975 Tompall (Sings the Songs of Shel Silverstein) — 1976 The Great Tompall and His Outlaw Band 13 1977 Tompall Glaser & His Outlaw Band 38 The Wonder of It All — 1986 Nights on the Borderline — 1987 A Collection Of Love Ballads From World War Two — 1992 The Rogue — The Outlaw — 2001 The Best of Tompall Glaser & the Glaser Brothers — 2006 My Notorious Youth — 2007 Outlaw to the Cross —

Singles

Year Single Chart Positions Album US Country US Bubbling CAN Country 1973 "Bad, Bad, Bad Cowboy" 77 — — Charlie 1974 "Texas Law Sez" 96 — — Take the Singer with the Song "Musical Chairs" 63 — — Tompall (Sings the Songs of Shel Silverstein) 1975 "Put Another Log on the Fire (The Male Chauvinist National Anthem)" 21 3 34 1976 "T for Texas" 36 — — Wanted! The Outlaws 1977 "It'll Be Her" 45 — — Tompall Glaser & and His Outlaw Band "It Never Crossed My Mind" 91 — — The Wonder of It All 1978 "Drinking Them Beers" 79 — —