1. Tommy Anthony was born on August 17,1965 and is an American musician, singer, songwriter, arranger, and producer.
18 Facts About Tommy Anthony
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Tommy Anthony was a featured performer at the Billboard Latin Music Conference and ASCAP's "Best Kept Secrets".
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Tommy Anthony is perhaps best known for his extensive work as a guitarist and vocalist for Santana, Gloria Estefan, and Jon Secada.
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Tommy Anthony has toured and recorded with Steve Winwood, Shakira, Carole King, Celine Dion, Ricky Martin, and Enrique Iglesias.
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Thomas Anthony Maestu was born on August 17,1965 in New York, and was raised in Miami, Florida.
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Tommy Anthony began singing, playing the guitar, drums, piano, and bass as a teenager; he is a self-taught musician.
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Tommy Anthony attended Christopher Columbus High School where he teamed up with classmates Joe Alonso and Raul Malo to form the musical group The Boys, which later evolved into The Tomboys.
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Tommy Anthony played guitar, sang, and wrote songs for the group.
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Tommy Anthony received a bachelor's degree in psychology from the University of Miami.
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Tommy Anthony is a singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist, producer, and music arranger.
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Tommy Anthony pursued a solo music career and has been a band member of The Boys, The Tomboys, The Basics, The Beat Poets, Goza, Four O'Clock Balloon, The Miami Sound Machine, and Santana.
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Tommy Anthony toured with Gloria Estefan as a guitarist and vocalist for ten years until she retired.
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Tommy Anthony was then offered a gig as Santana's guitarist and vocalist with whom he has recorded and toured with extensively from 2005 to the present day.
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Tommy Anthony has received press coverage about his on-stage dual-guitar performances with Carlos Santana.
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In 1997, during the period that Anthony was touring with Jon Secada, he co-founded the musical group Four O'Clock Balloon, featuring Tommy Anthony, releasing several albums:The Four O'Clock Balloon, More Hot Air, and Up, Up, and Away.
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Tommy Anthony pursued a solo music career, with his genre being described as "American pop with Afro-Cuban rhythm".
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Tommy Anthony was signed to a publishing deal with Sony Music Publishing.
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Tommy Anthony has produced music for Disney, Univision, and Comcast, and provided vocals on "A Love Before Time", the closing theme song for Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, which was included on the soundtrack.