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Tom Keifer, real name Carl Thomas Keifer (Springfield, January 26, 1961) is an American heavy metal singer and guitarist, founder of Cinderella.
Songwriter talented and versatile musician (he plays guitar, keyboards and saxophone), he began studying music since the age of 8, when his parents give him his first Gibson Les Paul for promotion. Soon will form his first band.
The first live performance was at Scenic Hills Elementary School, where his mother taught. He comes from a family of teachers, but prefer to take a different route and soon abandon his studies to devote himself entirely to music. Will the youth playing
Tom Keifer, real name Carl Thomas Keifer (Springfield, January 26, 1961) is an American heavy metal singer and guitarist, founder of Cinderella.
Songwriter talented and versatile musician (he plays guitar, keyboards and saxophone), he began studying music since the age of 8, when his parents give him his first Gibson Les Paul for promotion. Soon will form his first band.
The first live performance was at Scenic Hills Elementary School, where his mother taught. He comes from a family of teachers, but prefer to take a different route and soon abandon his studies to devote himself entirely to music. Will the youth playing and listening to Led Zeppelin, Rolling Stones and Aerosmith, but also old records of Johnny Winter, Muddy Waters and BB King, and gave him a strong love for the blues / blues rock.
In 1979 he began playing in clubs and after having played in numerous bands including Fascination, Shove, Telepath, Diamond and Saint In Hell, founded in 1983, Cinderella, one of the biggest bands in hard rock / glam metal of the eighties. The Cinderella discovered by Jon Bon Jovi at the Empire Rock Club in Philadelphia, come quickly to success with over 18 million records sold worldwide to date. The same Jon Bon Jovi once said to Tom: "I saw Tommy Keifer onstage delivering some pretty nifty, growling vocals. Then he whipped out this Les Paul and proceeded to lay into some astounding sounds. This guy struck me as a star right then and there. "
After gaining fame and success, you will face difficult moments. During the Heartbreak Station tour in '90, lost his voice and will have to undergo several operations. This in part will cause the dissolution of the momentary Cinderella, following which met in 97 '.
You have completed the recording of his first solo album, but are not yet known details about the release of the album.
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