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Tom Wolk

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Tom "T-Bone" Wolk (born 1951, died February 27, 2010) was the longtime bassist with Hall & Oates (since 1981's Private Eyes album) and has also worked on the Saturday Night Live Band. He has also worked with Carly Simon, Jellyfish, Squeeze, Elvis Costello, Shawn Colvin and Billy Joel.[1]

Wolk grew up in New York. In 1991 Wolk co-produced Willie Nile's Places I Have Never Been on Columbia Records. Wolk also worked with Ryan Leslie on his self-titled debut album. More recently Wolk played a Fender Custom Shop replica of his heavily modified 1964 precision bass.

"T-Bone" recorded on bluesman Guy Davis' albums, Butt Naked Free and Chocolate to the Bone, and appeared with Guy on "Late Night With Conan O'Brien" performing, "Waitin' On the Cards to Fall".

Wolk had a column in the publication Guitar for the Practicing Musician during the 1980s.

Wolk died on February 27, 2010, from a heart attack.[1] He was 58 years old.

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