TOM HAMBRIDGE
DOWN THE HATCH
Submitted in Field 5: Contemporary Blues Album Of The Year
Biography
When you have a musical career as a singer and drummer that includes writing 1000 songs, producing 100 albums, and working with everyone from Bo Diddley to Buddy Guy - two things come to mind. You must be exceptionally talented. You must be Tom Hambridge.
Hambridge is the four-time Grammy®-winning whirlwind talent behind – among many other projects – three of blues legend Buddy Guy’s most celebrated albums and all three Grammy®-winning albums: Living Proof (2011), Born To Play Guitar (2016), The Blues Is Alive And Well (2018), Keb Mo’s Good To Be (2022) and for his work producing, writing and playing drums on blues star Christone “Kingfish” Ingram’s albums 662 (2022) which also took the Grammy® for Blues Album of The Year and Kingfish (2020). Hambridge has been such a prodigious creator and producer of music that Buddy Guy says of him: “Someone like that comes along only once in a lifetime. I call him the white Willie Dixon.” But every once in a while, Hambridge takes time out to make an album just for himself. Down The Hatch is his newest album and follows the 2023 release Blu Ja Vu on Quarto Valley Records and the 2018 release The NOLA Sessions on Superstar Factory Productions.
Track Listing: | Guitars Rob McNelley | Bass Tommy MacDonald 02 EVERY TIME I SING THE BLUES Written By Tom Hambridge, Gary Nicholson | Published By Tom Hambridge Tunes (ASCAP), Gary Nicholson Music Admin. by Sony/ATV Cross Keys Publishing) (ASCAP) Drums, Vocals Tom Hambridge | Guitars Rob McNelley | Bass Tommy MacDonald | Keys John Lancaster 03 I WANT YOU BAD Written By Tom Hambridge, Richard Fleming | Published By Tom Hambridge Tunes (ASCAP), Richard Fleming Music (BMI) Drums, Vocals Tom Hambridge | Guitars Rob McNelley | Bass Tommy MacDonald | Keys John Lancaster 04 HOW BLUES IS THAT Written By Tom Hambridge, Richard Fleming | Tom Hambridge Tunes (ASCAP), Richard Fleming Music (BMI) Drums, Vocals Tom Hambridge | Guitars Rob McNelley | Bass Tommy MacDonald 05 HARD TIMES Written By Tom Hambridge, Richard Fleming | Published By Tom Hambridge Tunes (ASCAP), Richard Fleming Music (BMI) Drums, Vocals Tom Hambridge | Guitars Rob McNelley | Bass Tommy MacDonald | Keys John Lancaster 06 WHAT DOES THAT TELL YOU Written By Tom Hambridge, Richard Fleming | Published By Tom Hambridge Tunes (ASCAP), Richard Fleming Music (BMI) Drums, Vocals Tom Hambridge | Guitars Bob Britt | Bass Anton Nesbitt | Keys Mike Rojas 07 BELIEVE THESE BLUES Written By Tom Hambridge, Richard Fleming | Published By Tom Hambridge Tunes (ASCAP), Richard Fleming Music (BMI) Drums, Vocals Tom Hambridge | Guitars Rob McNelley | Bass Tommy MacDonald | Keys Jimmy Wallace 08 MAKING LEMONADE Written By Tom Hambridge | Published By Tom Hambridge Tunes (ASCAP) Drums, Vocals Tom Hambridge | Guitars Tom Bukovac | Accordion Tim Lauer | Bass Tommy MacDonald 09 WHAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN Written By Tom Hambridge, Richard Fleming | Published By Tom Hambridge Tunes (ASCAP), Richard Fleming Music (BMI) Drums, Vocals, Triangle, Tambourine Tom Hambridge | Guitars Bob Britt | Keys Noah Forbes | Bass Tommy MacDonald 10 YOU GOTTA GO THROUGH ST. LOUIS Written By Tom Hambridge | Published By Tom Hambridge Tunes (ASCAP) Drums Tom Hambridge | Guitar Buddy Guy | Guitar Rob McNelley | Piano Kevin McKendree | Upright Bass Glenn Worf 11 START DRINKING EARLY DAY Written By Tom Hambridge, Richard Fleming | Published By Tom Hambridge Tunes (ASCAP), Richard Fleming Music (BMI) Drums, Vocals Tom Hambridge | Guitars Rob McNelley | Bass Tommy MacDonald 12 I WANNA KNOW ABOUT YOU Written By Tom Hambridge, Richard Fleming | Published By Tom Hambridge Tunes (ASCAP), Richard Fleming Music (BMI) Drums, Vocals Tom Hambridge | Guitars Bob Britt | Bass Tommy MacDonald | Keys Noah Forbes
Track Listing: | Guitars Rob McNelley | Bass Tommy MacDonald 02 EVERY TIME I SING THE BLUES Written By Tom Hambridge, Gary Nicholson | Published By Tom Hambridge Tunes (ASCAP), Gary Nicholson Music Admin. by Sony/ATV Cross Keys Publishing) (ASCAP) Drums, Vocals Tom Hambridge | Guitars Rob McNelley | Bass Tommy MacDonald | Keys John Lancaster 03 I WANT YOU BAD Written By Tom Hambridge, Richard Fleming | Published By Tom Hambridge Tunes (ASCAP), Richard Fleming Music (BMI) Drums, Vocals Tom Hambridge | Guitars Rob McNelley | Bass Tommy MacDonald | Keys John Lancaster 04 HOW BLUES IS THAT Written By Tom Hambridge, Richard Fleming | Tom Hambridge Tunes (ASCAP), Richard Fleming Music (BMI) Drums, Vocals Tom Hambridge | Guitars Rob McNelley | Bass Tommy MacDonald 05 HARD TIMES Written By Tom Hambridge, Richard Fleming | Published By Tom Hambridge Tunes (ASCAP), Richard Fleming Music (BMI) Drums, Vocals Tom Hambridge | Guitars Rob McNelley | Bass Tommy MacDonald | Keys John Lancaster 06 WHAT DOES THAT TELL YOU Written By Tom Hambridge, Richard Fleming | Published By Tom Hambridge Tunes (ASCAP), Richard Fleming Music (BMI) Drums, Vocals Tom Hambridge | Guitars Bob Britt | Bass Anton Nesbitt | Keys Mike Rojas 07 BELIEVE THESE BLUES Written By Tom Hambridge, Richard Fleming | Published By Tom Hambridge Tunes (ASCAP), Richard Fleming Music (BMI) Drums, Vocals Tom Hambridge | Guitars Rob McNelley | Bass Tommy MacDonald | Keys Jimmy Wallace 08 MAKING LEMONADE Written By Tom Hambridge | Published By Tom Hambridge Tunes (ASCAP) Drums, Vocals Tom Hambridge | Guitars Tom Bukovac | Accordion Tim Lauer | Bass Tommy MacDonald 09 WHAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN Written By Tom Hambridge, Richard Fleming | Published By Tom Hambridge Tunes (ASCAP), Richard Fleming Music (BMI) Drums, Vocals, Triangle, Tambourine Tom Hambridge | Guitars Bob Britt | Keys Noah Forbes | Bass Tommy MacDonald 10 YOU GOTTA GO THROUGH ST. LOUIS Written By Tom Hambridge | Published By Tom Hambridge Tunes (ASCAP) Drums Tom Hambridge | Guitar Buddy Guy | Guitar Rob McNelley | Piano Kevin McKendree | Upright Bass Glenn Worf 11 START DRINKING EARLY DAY Written By Tom Hambridge, Richard Fleming | Published By Tom Hambridge Tunes (ASCAP), Richard Fleming Music (BMI) Drums, Vocals Tom Hambridge | Guitars Rob McNelley | Bass Tommy MacDonald 12 I WANNA KNOW ABOUT YOU Written By Tom Hambridge, Richard Fleming | Published By Tom Hambridge Tunes (ASCAP), Richard Fleming Music (BMI) Drums, Vocals Tom Hambridge | Guitars Bob Britt | Bass Tommy MacDonald | Keys Noah Forbes
Project Credits
& Team Links
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Download the project’s credits notes here.
Tom Hambridge is a 4-time Grammy® winning producer, Songwriter & Drummer. Tom has worked with Mick Jagger, Gregg Allman, B.B. King, Keith Richards, Carlos Santana, Keb’ Mo’, Jeff Beck, Van Morrison, Susan Tedeschi, Chuck Berry, Bo Diddley, Warren Haynes, Gary Clark Jr., James Bay, Keith Urban, Johnny Winter, Boston & many others.
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Produced By Tom Hambridge
Executive Producer Bruce S. Quarto
Supervising Producer For Quarto Valley Records Bruce S. Quarto
Recorded By John McBride at Blackbird Studio A, Nashville, TN
Recorded By Zach Allen at Ronnie’s Place
Recorded By Michael Saint-Leon at The Switchyard Studio
Mixed & Mastered by Michael Saint-Leon and Tom Hambridge at The Switchyard Studio, Nashville, TN.
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Published By Tom Hambridge Tunes (ASCAP), Dell Sound Publishing
(BMI), Richard Fleming Music (BMI)
Drums, Vocals Tom Hambridge | Guitars Rob McNelley | Bass Tommy
MacDonald
01 WILLIE DIXON’S GONE
Written By Tom Hambridge, George Thorogood, Richard Fleming
Published By Tom Hambridge Tunes (ASCAP), Dell Sound Publishing(BMI), Richard Fleming Music (BMI)
Drums, Vocals Tom Hambridge | Guitars Rob McNelley | Bass Tommy MacDonald
02 EVERY TIME I SING THE BLUES
Written By Tom Hambridge, Gary Nicholson | Published By Tom
Hambridge Tunes (ASCAP), Gary Nicholson Music Admin. by Sony/ATV
Cross Keys Publishing) (ASCAP)
Drums, Vocals Tom Hambridge | Guitars Rob McNelley | Bass
Tommy MacDonald | Keys John Lancaster
03 I WANT YOU BAD
Written By Tom Hambridge, Richard Fleming | Published By Tom
Hambridge Tunes (ASCAP), Richard Fleming Music (BMI)
Drums, Vocals Tom Hambridge | Guitars Rob McNelley | Bass
Tommy MacDonald | Keys John Lancaster
04 HOW BLUES IS THAT
Written By Tom Hambridge, Richard Fleming | Tom Hambridge Tunes
(ASCAP), Richard Fleming Music (BMI)
Drums, Vocals Tom Hambridge | Guitars Rob McNelley | Bass
Tommy MacDonald
05 HARD TIMES
Written By Tom Hambridge, Richard Fleming | Published By Tom
Hambridge Tunes (ASCAP), Richard Fleming Music (BMI)
Drums, Vocals Tom Hambridge | Guitars Rob McNelley | Bass
Tommy MacDonald | Keys John Lancaster
06 WHAT DOES THAT TELL YOU
Written By Tom Hambridge, Richard Fleming | Published By Tom
Hambridge Tunes (ASCAP), Richard Fleming Music (BMI)
Drums, Vocals Tom Hambridge | Guitars Bob Britt | Bass Anton
Nesbitt | Keys Mike Rojas
07 BELIEVE THESE BLUES
Written By Tom Hambridge, Richard Fleming | Published By Tom
Hambridge Tunes (ASCAP), Richard Fleming Music (BMI)
Drums, Vocals Tom Hambridge | Guitars Rob McNelley | Bass
Tommy MacDonald | Keys Jimmy Wallace
08 MAKING LEMONADE
Written By Tom Hambridge | Published By Tom Hambridge Tunes
(ASCAP)
Drums, Vocals Tom Hambridge | Guitars Tom Bukovac | Accordion
Tim Lauer | Bass Tommy MacDonald
09 WHAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN
Written By Tom Hambridge, Richard Fleming | Published By Tom
Hambridge Tunes (ASCAP), Richard Fleming Music (BMI)
Drums, Vocals, Triangle, Tambourine Tom Hambridge | Guitars Bob
Britt | Keys Noah Forbes | Bass Tommy MacDonald
10 YOU GOTTA GO THROUGH ST. LOUIS
Written By Tom Hambridge | Published By Tom Hambridge Tunes
(ASCAP)
Drums Tom Hambridge | Guitar Buddy Guy | Guitar Rob McNelley
| Piano Kevin McKendree | Upright Bass Glenn Worf
11 START DRINKING EARLY DAY
Written By Tom Hambridge, Richard Fleming | Published By Tom
Hambridge Tunes (ASCAP), Richard Fleming Music (BMI)
Drums, Vocals Tom Hambridge | Guitars Rob McNelley | Bass
Tommy MacDonald
12 I WANNA KNOW ABOUT YOU
Written By Tom Hambridge, Richard Fleming | Published By Tom
Hambridge Tunes (ASCAP), Richard Fleming Music (BMI)
Drums, Vocals Tom Hambridge | Guitars Bob Britt | Bass Tommy
MacDonald | Keys Noah Forbes
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Art Direction & Design By Brian Porizek
Cover Image By Chi Huynh
Photos by Chuck Lanza, Rachel Hambridge & Rob Seidenberg
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Quarto Valley Records
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Special Thanks To:
Chris, Rachel, Sarah, Bruce, Nina, Chi, Mike and everyone at QVR, The Rattlesnakes, Tommy Mac, Michael “The Saint” Leon, Raymond Boy and all the amazing musicians and technicians that added their magic to the music.
Tom plays DW Drums & Zildjian Cymbals
PHOTO GALLERY
What People Are Saying
Songwriting Great Creates Phenomenal Blues For Himself -
“Coming on the heels of Hambridge's 2023 "Blu Ja Vu" release, the astounding cuts found here lace together across the entirety of the blues' history. In Hambridge's hands, the blues lineage is indeed in great shape. This is blues musicmaking at its finest! Terrific release!" - CurtsBluesBlog.com
Yet again, Hambridge has created an album that is highly-listenable from beginning to end. With something for everyone, there will be a variety of "favorites" from the 12 tracks that include thoughtful lyrics, fine musicianship and memorable tunes." - Blues Rock Reich