Formerly the front man of San Francisco Bay Area rock band Chequered Past, Tom Holmes is a multi-instrumentalist singer/songwriter. The son of a Jazz trumpet player from the Mississippi delta, Tom was born and raised surrounded by music. He gave his first performance at age 6, playing an original song on piano in a popular Chicago club. Tom studied vocal arts with Judy Davis in Oakland California and does session and voice-over work. He enjoys most musical styles and writing in collaboration. Tom currently performs with The Liddypudlians, a popular Marin County 25-piece Beatles tribute ensemble of which he is an original member. Tom is also one half of The Rant Brothers acoustic guitar duo, along with long time band mate and writing partner Michael Creamer.