Artist: Tommy Guerrero
Title: Lifeboats and Follies
Label: Galaxia
Genre: Indie : Indie
UPC: 702932003820
Territory: USA, Canada, & Puerto Rico
Digital Release Date: 02.01.11

Tommy Guerrero has two major passions that he’s actively pursued throughout his life: skateboarding and music. As a pro skater, he’s considered to be a legend; Tommy was one of the prominent members of the Bones Brigade along with Steve Cabellero, Tony Hawk, Mike McGill, and Lance Mountain. He won the first street-style skating contest in 1983, skateboardings incarnation that he helped pioneer on the streets of San Francisco. After riding for Powell Peralta, Guerrero and Jim Thiebaud (a hometown friend and PP teammate) started the skateboarding company, Real. Tommy quit pro skating in 1995, in part to work on his second passion, music. He’s played guitar in a number of projects including his brother’s band Free Beer and his own local group Jet Black Crayon. Since his retirement from pro skating, he has released a number of solo albums that focused on his guitar work. His critically acclaimed albums, Ep’s, and singles combine various genres from rock, rap, funk, soul, and jazz to create something distinct. His 2003 release, Soul Food Taqueria, was ranked as the 2^nd best album of 2003 by Rolling Stone Magazine. Guerrero also had numerous unreleased songs appear on the video game series Skate by Electronic Arts. To augment his playing, he’s featured vocal guest spots from some of today’s biggest names including Lyrics Born and Gresham Taylor.

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