Tom Smith (filker)

Tom Smith is a singer-songwriter in the filk genre. He is a ten-time winner of the Pegasus award for excellence in filking, including awards for his "A Boy and His Frog", "307 Ale", and "The Return of the King (Uh-huh)", and was inducted into the Filk Hall of Fame in 2005.

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Filk - Pegasus award

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His mark as "The World's Fastest Filker" comes from numerous instances of "instafilk", i.e., quickly-written or improvised songs. He has improv'd entire concert sets, and his album Badgers and Gophers and Squirrels Oh My: The 24-Hour Project, inspired by Scott McCloud's 24-Hour Comics Day, features seventeen songs written in twenty-four hours. The forthcoming 2005 edition, The Last Hero On Earth, has twenty songs, all written to the same plot -- in effect, a "comic" opera.

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Scott McCloud - 24-Hour Comics Day

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He has also authored the official song for Talk Like a Pirate Day, and has filked Christine Lavin songs with her blessing, not to mention the official TPU theme song for the comic Girl Genius by Studio Foglio.

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Talk Like a Pirate Day - Christine Lavin - Girl Genius - Studio Foglio

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He lives in Ann Arbor, Michigan. He has performed with The Great Luke Ski, and been featured on Dr. Demento, Public Radio International's Sound & Spirit, and other radio programs. He performs frequently at conventions around the country.

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Ann Arbor, Michigan - The Great Luke Ski - Dr. Demento - Public Radio International - Sound & Spirit

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