Thomas John Peterson, better known as Tom Petersson, is an American musician who is best known for being the bass guitar player for the rock band Cheap Trick.
10 Facts About Tom Petersson
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Tom Petersson started out playing electric guitar, but soon switched to bass.
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Tom Petersson left Cheap Trick in August 1980, shortly before the release of the album All Shook Up.
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Tom Petersson worked with his then-wife Dagmar on material for a solo album, which was eventually released in 1984 as the six-song EP Tom Peterson and Another Language.
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Tom Petersson rejoined Cheap Trick in 1987 and has remained with the band ever since.
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Outside of Cheap Trick, Tom Petersson has worked with artists such as Donovan, Willie Nelson, Mick Jagger, Harry Nilsson, Bill Lloyd, Frank Black, Concrete Blonde, Foster and Lloyd, Edan Everly, Coinship, and members of The Mavericks.
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Tom Petersson appeared in The Ramones' 1986 music video "Something to Believe In".
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Tom Petersson is a serious guitar collector, owning a wide variety of guitars and basses.
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Tom Petersson prominently used a vintage Gibson Thunderbird bass as his main stage instrument for many years, until a girlfriend threw it out of a hotel window during an argument.
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Tom Petersson currently plays Gretsch basses, including a pair of his distinctive Falcon signature 12-string basses, which Petersson endorses and which have now become a production model.