Thomm Jutz was born on December 27,1969 and is a German-born American singer, songwriter, producer and guitarist based in Nashville, Tennessee.
11 Facts About Thomm Jutz
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Thomm Jutz's songs have been recorded by Nanci Griffith, John Prine, Kim Richey, Junior Sisk, Kenny and Amanda Smith, Balsam Range, Buddy Melton, Milan Miller and Terry Baucom.
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Thomm Jutz signed as a writer with Asheville Music Publishing in 2018.
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Thomm Jutz is a current lecturer of songwriting at Belmont University and is working on a master's degree in Appalachian Studies at East Tennessee State University, writing his thesis on Grammy-winner Norman Blake.
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Thomm Jutz won several nationwide competitions as a teenager before studying classical guitar at the State University of Music and Performing Arts Stuttgart under professor Dr Mario Sicca.
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Thomm Jutz played throughout Central Europe with Blues and Rock Bands, and began studying songwriting and studio engineering.
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In 2003, Thomm Jutz was granted a Diversity Immigrant Visa into the USA and moved his base to Nashville, where he immediately found favor and started touring worldwide with David Olney, Mary Gauthier and Nanci Griffith.
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Thomm Jutz then set up as owner and operator of TJ Tunes, the studio he created for writers, players and artists from different places and genres to come together in a relaxed, rural setting, to write and record.
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Between 2011 and 2014, Thomm Jutz produced and wrote songs for the three volumes of The 1861 Project, a collection of new songs inspired by the people who fought and lived through the American Civil War.
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In 2022, Thomm Jutz collaborated with English singer guitarist Martin Simpson to shed light on Appalachian folk songs collected by Cecil Sharp, sung by Jane Gentry and Mary Sands in Madison County, North Carolina.
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Thomm Jutz's song Burning the Midnight Oil, co-written with Peter Cronin, appears on Life Is Strange: Before the Storm.