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Tom Smith is a singer-songwriter in the filk genre. He is a twelve-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.

His "The World's Fastest Filker" nickname 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. In December 2005, he released the album The Last Hero On Earth, which has twenty songs, all written to the same plot--in effect, a "comic" opera.

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.

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 United States and Canada.

Discography

The Last Hero On Earth: A 24-Hour Project, 2005 (CD)
Homecoming: MarCon 2005, 2005 (download)
And They Say I've Got Talent, 2004 (CD)
Badgers and Gophers and Squirrels Oh My: The 24-Hour Project, 2004 (download)
Live At GAFilk, 2004 (download)
Debasement Tapes, 1999 (CD)
Plugged, 1997 (CD/cassette)
Tom Smith and his Digital Acoustic Compilation, 1998 (CD from the two cassettes below)
Domino Death, 1994 (cassette)
Who Let Him In Here?, 1991 (cassette)

Pegasus Awards

31 total Nominations since 1988
Best Media Song 1988: "Superman's Sex Life Boogie"
Best Filk Song 1991: "A Boy and His Frog"
Best Writer/Composer 1991
Best Performer 1991
Best Genre Crossover 1992: "Return of the King, Uh-Huh"
Best Performer 1993
Best Filk Song 1994: "PQR (You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet)" (tied with "Drink Up The River" by Kathy Mar)
Best Writer/Composer 1994
Best Fool Song 1999: "Operation Desert Storm"
Best Food/Drink Song 2000: "307 Ale" (tied with "My Jalapeño Man" by Debbie Ridpath Ohi
of Urban Tapestry
)
Best Writer/Composer 2005
Best Filk Song 2005: "Rocket Ride"

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