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Tom McBride better known as Big Tom (born 18 September 1936 in Moy, Drumakill, Castleblayney, County Monaghan, Ireland) is an Irish country music singer, guitarist, and saxophone player. Established since 1966 he is currently front man of the Irish showband Big Tom and The Mainliners. He is affectionally known as 'Ireland's king of country music'
Big Tom suffers from a fear of flying, in 1980 he undertook a sea voyage across the Atlantic Ocean to record his Blue Wings album in Nashville.
Big Tom has hit the Top Ten numerous times in the pop charts of Ireland:
Prior to 1990 all of Big Tom's audio music releases (over 20 albums) were on vinyl record (or cassette) and are now out of print. Since 1990 the release format became CD (or cassette).
The CD releases typically contain tracks which were previously issued on vinyl, however those marked * consist all tracks newly recorded and those marked ** consist of some tracks newly recorded. The 20 Golden Greats CD may be discontinued as all tracks have been reissued on latter CDs.
The Greatest Hits CD includes two tracks taken from the Live at the Glencarn Hotel video. The Live at The Galtymore CD is solely the soundtrack from the video of same name recorded in 1991.
It is intended by Big Tom's record company to reissue all vinyl tracks on to CD releases.
Actors: Paul Dewdney (actor), Phelim Kelly (actor), Susan Fordham (actress), Ross Boatman (actor), Mark Preston (actor), Colin Burt Vidler (actor), Tony Harrison (actor), Chris Bell (writer), Chris Bell (actor), Danny Howard (actor), Leigh Holland (actor), Claire Greasley (actress), Scott Musgrave (actor), Ricky Huggins (actor), Angelo Soteriou (actor),
Genres: Crime,Actors: Stuart MacDonald (editor), Andrew Staton (actor), Lynn Drzick (writer), Lynn Drzick (director), Stuart Macdonald (producer), Stuart Macdonald (editor), Bill McCloskey (actor), Neil Necastro (actor), Amy Scott (actress), Domenic Depietro (actor), Ben Carrico (actor),
Plot: "A World At Waste" tells the harrowing tale of a man whose contempt for the environment comes back to haunt him as he visits a future where all of Earth's natural resources have been consumed and polluted.
Genres: Drama, Short,Actors: Eric Essix (actor), Eric Essix (composer), Sheri Kennedy (editor), Carl Dean (actor), Chris Mohney (writer), Ruth Greer (producer), John Colucci (actor), Jason Ruha (director),
Plot: Chester can talk his way out of anything, or so he thinks. But a one-night stand with an old flame threatens the business of the girl's father, a ruthless bookie. Bruised, bloodied, and tied to a chair, Chester's time is running out quick. And even the best solutions have him ending up dead.
Genres: Drama, Short,Actors: J.K. Simmons (actor), Salvador Sánchez (actor), Miguel Ángel Fuentes (actor), José Carlos Rodríguez (actor), Gene Hackman (actor), David Krumholtz (actor), Bob Pepper (actor), Brad Pitt (actor), Bob Balaban (actor), Ernesto Gómez Cruz (actor), Castulo Guerra (actor), James Gandolfini (actor), Lawrence Bender (actor), Luis Felipe Tovar (actor), Pedro Armendáriz Jr. (actor),
Plot: Jerry Welbach is given two ultimatums. His mob boss wants him to travel to Mexico to get a priceless antique pistol called "The Mexican" or he will suffer the consequences. The other ultimatum comes from his girlfriend Samantha, who wants him to end his association with the mob. Jerry figures that being alive, although in trouble with his girlfriend is the better alternative so he heads south of the border. Finding the pistol is easy but getting it home is a whole other matter. The pistol supposedly carries a curse - a curse Jerry is given every reason to believe, especially when Samantha is held hostage by the gay hit man Leroy to ensure the safe return of the pistol.
Keywords: accidental-death, accidental-shooting, antique-collector, antique-gun, bar, blood-spatter, body-in-a-trunk, boyfriend-girlfriend-relationship, bullet-proof-vest, car-accidentActors: Rob Lowe (actor), David Hemblen (actor), Kevin P. Farley (actor), Brian Dennehy (actor), Sean McCann (actor), David Spade (actor), Jack Jessop (actor), Dan Aykroyd (actor), Paul Greenberg (actor), Colin Fox (actor), David Huband (actor), Chris Farley (actor), John Farley (actor), Philip Williams (actor), Robert K. Weiss (actor),
Plot: Tommy Callahan Jr. is a slow-witted, clumsy guy who recently graduated college after attending for seven years. His father, Big Tom Callahan, owns an auto parts factory in Ohio. When Tommy arrives back home, he finds he has a position at the factory waiting for him. His dad also introduces Tommy to the new brake pad division of the factory and to Tommy's soon-to-be stepmother, Beverly, and her son Paul. But when Big Tom dies, the factory threatens to go under unless the new brake pads are to be sold. Therefore, Tommy must go on the road to sell them, along with the assistance of Richard, Big Tom's right-hand man. Will Tommy save the company, or will the factory, and the town, go under?
Keywords: bikini-girl, box-office-hit, buddy, character-name-in-title, comedy-team, con-artist, cow-tipping, critically-bashed, death-of-father, father-son-relationshipActors: William Forsythe (actor), Wayne Fitzgerald (miscellaneous crew), Cassandra Peterson (actress), Lee Garlington (actress), Harry Hamlin (actor), Corey Burton (miscellaneous crew), Charles A. Tamburro (actor), Ted Markland (actor), Dan Haggerty (actor), Anthony De Longis (actor), Gary Hudson (actor), Dennis Hopper (actor), Seymour Cassel (actor), Charles A. Tamburro (miscellaneous crew), Noel Nosseck (director),
Genres: Drama,Actors: Bill Thomas (costume designer), Douglas Sirk (director), Herman Stein (composer), W.R. Burnett (writer), Heinz Roemheld (composer), Oscar Brodney (writer), Rock Hudson (actor), Barbara Rush (actress), W.R. Burnett (writer), Edward Lexy (actor), Finlay Currie (actor), Kenneth MacDonald (actor), Ross Hunter (producer), William Fritzsche (miscellaneous crew), Frank Gross (editor),
Plot: In 1815, Michael Martin, member of an Irish revolutionary society, turns highwayman to support it, and is forced to flee into outlawry. In Dublin, he meets famous rebel "Captain Thunderbolt" and becomes his second-in-command, "Lightfoot." 'Tis a perilous life, with captures, turncoats, rescues, and romance.
Keywords: 1800s, 19th-century, ballroom-dance, based-on-novel, castle, caught-eavesdropping, character-name-in-title, disguise, dragoon, dublinActors: Tom Kennedy (actor), George Morrell (actor), Leslie Goodwins (director), Gene Roth (actor), Ralph Morgan (actor), John F. Link Sr. (editor), Judd Holdren (actor), John Calvert (actor), John Calvert (producer), John Calvert (writer), Ann Cornell (actress), Robert Graham (actor), Danny Rense (actor), Johnny Richards (composer), Edgar B. Anderson Jr. (writer),
Plot: John Bonar grub-stakes Nugget Jack who has a secret gold mine. Bill Johnson is out to get the mine and he has his henchmen try to kill Bonar and Jack. They are saved by a pretty, backwoods girl, 'Rusty,' who quickly falls in love with Bonar. When Jack secretly discovers that "Rusty" is his long-lost daughter, he gives the couple his mine and goes on his lonely way.
Keywords: ambush, b-movie, b-western, california, cigarette-smoking, desert, escape, father-daughter-relationship, gang, gang-leaderActors: Sumner Getchell (actor), Billy Franey (actor), Chester Gan (actor), Lynton Brent (actor), Al Bridge (actor), Al Ferguson (actor), King Baggot (actor), Edmund Cobb (actor), Jim Corey (actor), Jim Corey (actor), Richard Cramer (actor), Joseph De Grasse (actor), William Desmond (actor), Chief John Big Tree (actor), Frank Hagney (actor),
Plot: A 12-episode serial in which scholastic sports star Frank Merriwell leaves school to search for his missing father. His adventures involve a mysterious inscription on a ring, buried treasure, kidnaping and Indian raids. He saves his father and returns to school just in time to win a decisive baseball game with his remarkable pitching and hitting.
Keywords: 1930s, barbecue, baseball-cap, baseball-coach, baseball-player, bus-passenger, california, campus-hero, canoe, character-name-in-titleActors: Arthur Ashley (actor), Alec B. Francis (actor), Al Hart (actor), Edward Kimball (actor), George Morgan (actor), Alice Brady (actress), Frances Marion (writer), Travers Vale (director), William A. Brady (miscellaneous crew), William Anthony McGuire (writer), Helen Weir (actress), Doris Sawyer (actress),
Genres: Drama, Romance,Gonna leave the pain behind
Gonna leave the fools in line
Gonna take the magic potion
Gettin' in an old black car
Gonna take a ride so far
To the land of sun tan lotion
Gonna take it state by state
Til I hit the golden gate
Get my feet wet in the ocean
I'm still living
in the dream we had,
For me it's not over...
Walkin on the bridge on day
Lookin out across the bay
I saw a rippling in the water
Once a big ship had passed
I borrowed a traveller's glass
And focused on
the ocean's daughter
Kind of like a wave confused
Dancing in the sunset hews
She waved to me
and called me over
I'm still living
in the dream we had,
For me it's not over...
Talkin' bout a friend of mine
Talkin' bout a gold mine
Richest vein in any mountain
Talkin' bout the enemy
Inside of me
Talkin' bout
that youthful fountain
Talkin' bout you and me
Talkin' bout eternity
Talkin' bout the big time
I'm still living
in the dream we had,