Thomas "Tom" Brenneck is an American guitarist and producer known for his work with The Dap-Kings, Menahan Street Band, and The Budos Band. He is also known as a session musician, frequently for Daptone Records artists. Additionally, he has played guitar for Amy Winehouse and he is one of the musicians featured on "Telepathy" by Christina Aguilera featuring Nile Rodgers. Tom is the founder of Dunham Records, a subsidiary of Daptone Records. The record label originally operated out of Tom's bedroom in Bushwick, Brooklyn and produced iconic hits from artists including Charles Bradley before eventually moving to a larger space in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.
Early life
Tom was born and raised in Staten Island, New York. He is a self-taught guitarist who joined the original Daptone band “The Dap-Kings” at the age of 20. Tom quickly became one of the essential members of the Daptone family, working closely with the label founder and producer Gabe Roth aka Bosco Mann, and playing and touring with Sharon Jones, the label matriarch. Sharon gave Tom his nickname, Tommy “TNT” Brenneck.
Career
Since then, Tom founded Dunham Records and Studio, cultivated the music and career of the late Charles Bradley, performed and recorded with Amy Winehouse and is a principal in his other Daptone project the Menahan Street Band. Currently residing in Los Angeles with his wife and two children, Tom now works out of the infamous Hollywood Sound Factory studio with Mark Ronson, whom he got to know well during his time with Winehouse. Tom has been a session guitarist, writer and producer on projects with Lady Gaga, CeeLo Green, Dan Auerbach, Beyoncé & Jay-Z, Josh Tillman AKA Father John Misty, Rufus Wainwright and Miley Cyrus, among others.
Discography
Studio albums
EPs
Singles
Other appearances
"Up From the South" of The Budos Band is featured in a commercial for the NFL Network. "T.I.B.W.F." of The Budos Band is featured in a series of commercials for 1800 Tequila and in the sixth episode of This American Life. "The Chicago Falcon " of The Budos band is featured on Wale's fourth mixtape, The Mixtape About Nothing. "Budos Rising" and "The Proposition" of The Budos Band are featured in ' and ', respectively, for PlayStation consoles. "King Charles" of The Budos Band is featured in episode 37 of the HBO TV seriesEntourage. "Origin of Man," "Up From The South," "T.I.B.W.F." and "Hidden Hand" of The Budos Band are featured in the movie New York, I Love You. "Mas o Menos", "Ride or Die" and "Scorpion" of The Budos Band are featured on the fictional radio station "Daptone Radio" in the gameSleeping Dogs by United Front Games and Square Enix London. "The Volcano Song" of The Budos Band is featured in the documentary I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale. "The Sticks" of The Budos Band is featured in the background of a trailer for Destiny's Dark Below DLC. "Say Amen " by Panic! At The Disco features an interpolation Of Aphasia off of the albumBurnt Offering of The Budos Band.
