Tom Cridland was encouraged to make his own music by a childhood obsession with The Beatles and the career of his friend, Nigel Olsson, Elton John's legendary drummer. Like Nigel, Tom started by learning drums by ear. He then began writing songs and got encouraged to sing them himself by Kenji Suzuki of Simply Red. He then taught himself the piano. When he started writing songs in 2019 he prolifically recorded over 100 of them in just a couple of months and immediately followed these sessions by playing a gig all 48 contiguous US states. This caught the attention of the legendary Grammy nominated "Philadelphia Soul" group, The Stylistics, who invited him to play with them at 19 concerts in the UK in October and November 2021.
Tomicks IV is the fourth album by The Tomicks. As usual, all of the tracks were written by Tom Cridland and Nick Whitehead. This LP was made at Sunset Sound Recorders in Hollywood, California during the summer of 2022 and released a year later in November 2023. This recording features Tom's Elton Tribute bandmates, Justin Woodward on bass and guitar, and Harry Michael on drums.
