Name Tom Bukovac | Role Session musician | |
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Awards Academy of Country Music Award for Guitar Player of the Year Similar People Sarah Buxton, Dann Huff, Joan Osborne, Taylor Swift | ||
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Tom Bukovac (born December 20, 1968) is an American session musician and producer. He was born in Cleveland, Ohio, and raised in nearby Willowick, Ohio. He has been a Nashville-based musician since 1992.
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- Tom bukovac controlled hillbilly music
- Richard marx tom bukovac recording jillian jacqueline s debut cd
- Formative years
- Session Work
- Awards and nominations
- Touring
- Production Credits
- Personal life
- Other Ventures
- References
Richard marx tom bukovac recording jillian jacqueline s debut cd
Formative years
Bukovac began playing guitar at age ten, and performed his first shows at age thirteen at his widowed mother’s bar, The Surfside Lounge, in Eastlake, Ohio. He moved to Nashville in 1992 to pursue a career as a guitarist.
Session Work
Bukovac has played on over 500 albums, including projects by Steven Tyler, Stevie Nicks, Bob Seger, John Oates, Joan Osborne, Vince Gill, Dave Stewart, Joss Stone, Hank Williams Jr., Sheryl Crow, Don Henley, Carrie Underwood, Rascal Flatts, Keith Urban, Willie Nelson, Martina McBride, Faith Hill, Kenny Loggins, Reba Mcintyre, Blake Shelton, Leann Rimes, Florida Georgia Line, Lionel Richie, among many others.
Awards and nominations
Music Row Magazine Awards
Academy of Country Music Awards
Touring
Bukovac has toured with Joe Walsh (2017 - Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers 40th Anniversary Tour); Vince Gill (2016); John Fogerty; Faith Hill; Trigger Hippy; Wynonna Judd; Tanya Tucker, and others.
Production Credits
In 2014, Bukovac produced Trigger Hippy’s self-titled album, which was released by Rounder Records. Featured on this album alongside Bukovac are Joan Osborne, Jackie Greene, Steve Gorman (of Black Crowes) and Nick Govrik.
Personal life
in 2010 he married songwriter/artist Sarah Buxton. They have two children.
Other Ventures
In 2014 Bukovac opened a music store in Nashville called 2nd Gear Used Music Consignment, a consignment store that sells used musical equipment.