Tommy Middlebrooks
I GREW UP UP WITH A FAMILY THAT WAS BIG IN PLAYING COUNTRY MUSIC, JUST A PART OF LIFE, STARTED MESSING AROUND WITH INSTRUMENTS FROM A VERY YOUNG AGE, PIANO, FIDDLE, HARMONICA, MANDOLIN, AND GUITAR. I DECIDED IN MY LATE TEEN YEARS TO FOCUS ON GUITAR.
MY DAD , CLIFTON MIDDLEBROOKS PLAYED GUITAR, BANJO, AND BASS AND MY OLDER BROTHER BILLY MIDDLEBROOKS WHO ALSO IS VERY ACCOMPLISHED AND NATURALLY TALENTED PLAYED THE GUITAR.THERE WAS ALWAYS HELP IN LEARNING. AT THE AGE OF TWENTY , I  WAS GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY BY MY UNCLE STEVE MIDDLEBROOKS TO JOIN HIS COUNTRY BAND (LATER TO BE NAMED SOMEWHERE BOUND ) ME , STEVE ,  AND TIM MIDDLEBROOKS ALSO AN UNCLE (FIDDLE,GUITAR, AND STEEL GUITAR PLAYER) AND FOUR OTHER BAND MEMBERS PLAYED MANY SHOWS AT: (GOVERNER'S LOUNGE, DALTON FORUM, (OPENING FOR TRACY LAWERENCE), PATRICKS LOUNGE, BRAINERD BOUNCE, AND  LAKE WINNEPESAUKA.
AFTER ABOUT 5 YEARS OF PLAYING TOGETHER AS SOMEWHERE BOUND, I DECIDED TO TAKE SOME TIME OFF. I  JOINED BACK UP WITH MY UNCLE'S,STEVE, TIM, AND PAUL,AND MY DAD CLIFTON, AND FRIEND RICHARD PLAYING SHOWS LIKE ROSSVILLE DAYS (WITH JOHN MICHAEL MONTGOMERY, MONTGOMERY GENTRY, MIRANDA AND MORE)AND EVENTS FOR THE AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY AND STOCKING FULL OF LOVE, AS CURRENT BAND THE SLEEPIN HOUNDS.
I ALSO RECORDED  NUMEROUS TIME'S. MOST MEMORABLE WAS AFTER WINNING BATTLE OF THE BANDS CONTEST, WE RECORDED AT HANK WILLIAM'S JR'S STUDIO, DURING THE YEARS I ALSO PLAYED THE GRAND OLE OPRY HOUSE WITH ANOTHER BAND PLAYING LEAD GUITAR, AND WON A CONTEST BEING REWARDED WITH 8 HOURS RECORDING TIME AT BIG MAMMA"S STUDIO IN KNOXVILLE, TN. WHERE I RECORDED ORIGINAL SONGS I HAD WRITTEN.
MY UNCLE STEVE WHO INFLUENCED MY GUITAR PLAYING, SONGWRITING, AND VOCALS LEAD THE COMPOSITION OF THIS PROJECT. I LOVE WRITING LYRICS AND MELODYS, AND PERFORMING WITH MY FAMILY NOW KNOWN AS STEVE AND THE SLEEPIN HOUNDS!!!
I WAS BORN IN ROSSVILLE GA. 1971
NOW MARRIED TO MY LOVELY WIFE KAREN IN 1998, AND FATHER TO THREE WONDERFUL CHILDREN TIFFANY, BRITTANY, AND CLINT, AND GRANDPA TO TWO GRANDAUGHTERS BREILY AND AYDEN AND A GRANDSON ON THE WAY.