Tommy Womack: Cockroach After the Bomb

Gramps Just Makes S#!T Up

Meet Tommy Womack! I love this guy! He's an extremely talented musical and literary creative that let's you into his head and heart without filters. His head and heart, by the way, are very interesting places...you should visit the souvenir store on the way out.
Founder and front man for the 80'-90's rock band from Bowling Green, Kentucky, Government Cheese, Tommy shares a few stories about his time with his friends Billy Mack Hill, Joe Elvis King, and Skot Willis. Tommy shares intimate details in this credible rock history tome. The Cheese Chronicles. (Buy it at this link).
Note: I ate a lot of the other government cheese when I was a kid on welfare. It's great on white bread with the government peanut butter. Here's a cheesy tidbit. The U.S. government has 1.4 billion pounds of cheese stored in a cave underneath Springfield, Missouri.

But I digress...In this episode, Tommy shares stories of his early years, including the horrors of high school and how those formative years informed much of his musical and literary creations. His first books were written in junior high on a vintage typewriter that he says his preacher father stole from the church and brought home so his mother could get her GED. But there are so many more stories...
Tommy and I dropped a lot of names in this episode. They include several wonderful Nashville talents that you may want to (no, you should want to, dang it) learn more about. Here's the links:
Antsy McClain
Irene Kelly
Will Kimbrough
Marshall Crenshaw
Gary Talent

Joe Peters

Intro and outro music by The Ladles. Visit their site for music and shows. Their harmonies are heaven-like.
A Questionable Podcast Production of Peaches Patio Presents

Chapters

1. Intro (00:00:00)

2. How I met Tommy (00:01:24)

3. Song: Cockroach After the Bomb (00:02:29)

4. God Made Tommy a Writer (00:05:08)

5. Dad Stole a Typewriter (00:08:35)

6. Life Went Straight to Hell (But a Good Marriage!) (00:09:25)

7. Song: 25 Years Ago (00:09:43)

8. 8th Grade Sucked (00:14:02)

9. The Fires (00:22:45)

10. Cheese Broke Up in '94 (00:30:46)

11. Marshall Crenshaw Walks In (00:31:56)

12. Baja Burrito with Alice Cooper - That's Nashville (00:32:14)

13. The Replacements - Best Song Award (00:33:39)

14. Song: A Nice Day (00:35:30)

15. tommywomack.com (00:41:50)

16. Joe Peters Music (00:42:20)

17. Gramps Really Appreciates You -Rondalyn @ Warm Springs Veterinary (00:42:49)

18. The Ladles Outro (00:43:50)