Tom Watson started playing guitar and bass professionally at 14 (1966) with large R&B and soul bands thanks to having good equipment and the ability to show up on time. Five years later, he woke up in a motel room full of passed out strangers (again) and reconsidered career choices. Got a degree in philosophy from a Sacred Heart college, went to a Jesuit grad school, translated Medieval Latin manuscripts and received a doctorate. Missed motel room parties and moved to Hollywood. Spent decades as a script reader, doctor and ghost writer for a movie production company. Created hard to pronounce pen names and lived in Asia.

Watson now resides in a northern Portugal farming village where he stays home, raises children, picks grapes and writes about guitar-centric music and musicians for Modern Guitars magazine for which he serves as the news editor.

Contact
twatson@modernguitars.com

Articles by Tom Watson published on Modern Guitars

Interviews
Luthier Ted Crocker Talks about the Honeydripper Guitar
Author Tom Wheeler Talks about "The Soul of Tone"
Director John Sayles Talks about His New Movie, Honeydripper
Walter Carter Talks about The Gibson Electric Guitar Book
Hucky Eichelmann Talks about Guitar Culture in Thailand
Kevin Shirley Talks about Revisiting Led Zeppelin's The Song Remains The Same
Mike Varney Talks about the Shrapnel and Tone Center Labels
Guitar Player Magazine's Michael Molenda Talks about GH07
Yvonne de Villiers of Luna Guitars
Guitarist Jeff Kollman Talks about Cosmosquad's Acid Test
Zakk Wylde Talks about a New Guitar and the Secret of Life
Fender's Mike Eldred Talks about the Eric Clapton Crossroads Strat
Record Producer Kevin Shirley Talks about Sloe Gin
Joe Bonamassa Talks about Sloe Gin
Scott McKeon
Sue Foley
Tish Ciravolo
John Page (Text and Audio)
Tony Furtado
Coco Montoya
Janet Robin
Lily Afshar
Carlos Santana
The Gibson Digital Guitar Comes to Market: A Talk with Henry Juszkiewicz
Behind the Lens: Photographer Maryanne Bilham

Feature Stories
John "CRASH" Matos and the 50 Fender Custom Shop Stratocasters
Gibson Helps Preserve Preservation Hall
Secret Society Uncovers Music Roots
Seven Fender Stratocaster Models That Pay Tribute to Jimi Hendrix

Other Articles
Aaron Loesch Ready for Eric Clapton Crossroads Concert
2nd Douro International Blues Festival, Porto, Portugal
Coronation Countdown: Guitar Center's King of the Blues Competition

Reviews
DVD Review: The Song Remains The Same (2007) - Led Zeppelin
Mothership, a New 2-CD Compilation from Led Zeppelin
CD Review: Inner Constellation - Bruce Eisenbeil Sextet
DVD Review: Wes Montgomery Live in '65
CD Review: Blues Blast - Debbie Davies
CD Review: Sloe Gin - Joe Bonamassa
CD Review: Borrowed Time - Steve Khan
CD Review: Back On The Corner - Dave Liebman
CD Review: A Guitar Supreme - Various Artists
CD Review: Koala Motel - Anne McCue
CD Review: Viva Carlos! - Various Artists
CD Review: The Michael Landau Group Live
CD Review: The Road to Escondido - J.J. Cale and Eric Clapton
Book Review: The Stratocaster Chronicles by Tom Wheeler