Thomas Paul "Tompall" Glaser (September 3, 1933 – August 12, 2013) was an American outlaw country music artist.

Biography

Glaser was born in

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, the son of Alice Harriet Marie (née Davis) and Louis Nicholas Glaser. He was raised on a farm. In the 1950s, he recorded as a solo artist. He later formed a trio with brothers Chuck and

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called

Tompall & the Glaser Brothers Tompall & the Glaser Brothers were an American country music group composed of three brothers: Chuck (February 27, 1936 – June 10, 2019), Jim (December 16, 1937 – April 6, 2019), and Tompall (September 3, 1933 – August 13, 2013) Glaser. The ...

. Tompall and his brothers shared the bill with

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at The Mint casino in Las Vegas, in November–December 1962. Tompall Glaser's highest-charting solo single was

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's "Put Another Log on the Fire", which peaked at No. 21 on the ''

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'' Hot Country Singles (now

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) charts in 1975. Tompall appeared with

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, and

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on the album ''

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''. In the 1970s his Nashville recording studio, dubbed "Hillbilly Central," was considered the nerve center of the nascent Outlaw country movement. Glaser,

and

were central figures in that movement. Glaser died on August 12, 2013, in

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, at the age of 79, after a long illness. He was survived by his wife, June Johnson Glaser. His brother, Jim, died of a heart attack on April 6, 2019, at the age of 81. His brother, Chuck, died two months later on June 10, 2019, at the age of 83.

Solo discography

Albums

Singles

References

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