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Thomas Paul " Tompall" Glaser (September 3, 1933 – August 12, 2013) was an American Country music singer who was a key figure in the 1970s outlaw country movement." Tompall Glaser, Country Artist in Outlaw Movement, Dies at 79" by Bill Friskics-Warren, The New York Times, Aug. 14, 2013.
In the 1950s he recorded as a solo artist. He and his brothers later formed a trio, Tompall & the Glaser Brothers. In 1957 they performed on Arthur Godfrey's television show. They also shared the bill with Patsy Cline at The Mint casino in Las Vegas November-December 1962.
Glaser's highest-charting solo single was Shel Silverstein's "Put Another Log on the Fire,” which peaked at Billboard Hot Country Singles’ (now Hot Country Songs) No. 21 in 1975. He and his brothers also reached number 2 on the country charts with Lovin' Her Was Easier (than Anything I'll Ever Do Again)." Remembering Tompall Glaser: An Outlaw Just Beyond the Spotlight" by William Michael Smith, Houston Press, August 14, 2013.
Tompall co-produced Waylon Jennings's influential 1973 album Honky Tonk Heroes, one of outlaw country’s first albums. Honky Tonk Heroes has been called a "milestone album in the breaking of the Nashville studio/recording system, a true watershed event in the music business."
Tompall appeared with Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, and Jessi Colter on the 1976 album Wanted! The Outlaws, the first country album to be certified platinum.
In the 1970s his Nashville recording studio, Glaser Sound Studios, dubbed "Hillbilly Central," was considered the nerve center of the nascent outlaw country movement. Glaser ran the studio with his brothers and gave musicians control over what they recorded instead of their producers, unlike other Nashville studios of the time. Among the groundbreaking albums recorded at his studio were John Hartford's Aereo-Plain and Waylon Jennings' Dreaming My Dreams.
Glaser and his brothers also ran a music publishing company that allowed songwriters to retain ownership and control of their material, which was also unusual for the time period.
Glaser died on August 12, 2013, in Nashville, Tennessee, at the age of 79, after a long illness.
In January 2025, Glaser's songs "Put Another Log on the Fire" and "T is for Texas" from the Wanted! The Outlaws album was mysteriously removed from all streaming platforms.
| 1973 | Charlie | — |
| 1974 | Take the Singer with the Song | — |
| 1975 | Tompall (Sings the Songs of Shel Silverstein) | — |
| 1976 | The Great Tompall and His Outlaw Band | 13 |
| 1977 | Tompall Glaser & His Outlaw Band | 38 |
| The Wonder of It All | — | |
| 1986 | Nights on the Borderline | — |
| 1987 | A Collection Of Love Ballads From World War Two | — |
| 1992 | The Rogue | — |
| The Outlaw | — | |
| 2001 | The Best of Tompall Glaser & the Glaser Brothers | — |
| 2006 | My Notorious Youth | — |
| 2007 | Outlaw to the Cross | — |
| 1973 | "Bad, Bad, Bad Cowboy" | 77 | — | — | Charlie |
| 1974 | "Texas Law Sez" | 96 | — | — | Take the Singer with the Song |
| "Musical Chairs" | 63 | — | — | Tompall (Sings the Songs of Shel Silverstein) | |
| 1975 | "Put Another Log on the Fire (The Male Chauvinist National Anthem)" | 21 | 3 | 34 | |
| 1976 | "T for Texas" | 36 | — | — | Wanted! The Outlaws |
| 1977 | "It'll Be Her" | 45 | — | — | Tompall Glaser & and His Outlaw Band |
| "It Never Crossed My Mind" | 91 | — | — | The Wonder of It All | |
| 1978 | "Drinking Them Beers" | 79 | — | — | |
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