2016 Schedule

Interactive: March 11–15  •  Film: March 11–19  •  Music: March 15–20

Tomar and the FCs

Saturday, March 19
1:00AM - 1:55AM

Continental Club
1315 S Congress Ave

Artist-6009

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Bio: Tomar Williams, the fifth of seven children was born into a musical family in Las Vegas, Nevada. His father, after leaving the Air Force, played saxophone in a band, the “Moon Gliders”, and his mother sang in a family gospel group the “Lamkin Five”. All kinds of music filled the Williams household, including many soul records, which had a deep influence on Tomar and his siblings.
In the 80s, the family moved to Austin, TX, where Tomar, as a teenager, began performing with his brothers in a band they set up, “6 AM”. They played shows around Austin and on the Chitlin circuit. It was with “6AM” that Tomar began to hone his skills as a front man and musician.
Having enjoyed many successes with his brothers through “6 AM”, Tomar went on to perform across the Austin music scene with heavyweight musicians including Brannen Temple & Malford Milligan, to name a few.

In the early 2000s, Tomar became increasingly focused on ...

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