How I met Tom Brosseau
I moved to San Diego in 2001. Shortly before or after 9/11 I remember walking into Java Joe’s for the very first time ever for Wendy’s Open Mic Night. Honest to God, when I walked in Tom Brosseau was on stage singing a song about a girl who lived in the apple groove. I believe it’s on his first album. I was amazed. Here was this guy, blowing my mind right off the bat in San Diego. I was sold…he was amazing. I remember telling him after how great he was and asking him if he’d like to play sometime. He said yeah and gave me his number and I think I called it like 2 hours later and I think I scared him off for a while (note to self: don’t call people 2 hours after they give you their number). Anyway, we ended up pals and played throughout the scene in SD for a number of years. He moved to LA and has been kicking butt like I knew he would right from the very beginning.
