About Ten9Central
| Evan Thomas -- Guitar/Lead Vocals | |
 | Born on November 10, 1979 in Chaffee, Missouri. The middle child of Thomas D. Thomas and Margaret Thomas (Lawless), Evan lived in Cape Girardeau until 1989 when he then moved to Jackson, Tennessee. He began playing music locally at 13, frequenting the Olive Pit coffee shop with his older brother David Thomas (The Grove, Little Milton, Denise Lasalle). Became the singer/guitar player for Blame James in 1999, before quickly joining the merger of musicians The Smoking Jackets (Scotty Austin, David Thomas, and Andy Dixon) and Blame James (Evan Thomas and Ryan Jessie) forming the group Raising Able. Friend and former lead singer of the band Full Devil Jacket (Mercury Records) shopped their sound to Arkansas representative Rob Stevenson (Island/DefJam) in September of 2000, producing the first demo [still untitled]. Evan, took a short break from music for a visit to the "big house" but finally moved to St. Louis in 2005 where he met Bryan at a job. Shortly thereafter, he became the singer/guitar player for Ten9Central and recorded the demo Elephant in the Room produced by Evan Paul (Grevan Studio Productions). Currently singed to Grevan Studio Productions and continues play music in the St. Louis area. |
| Bryan Elder -- Bass Guitar/Backup Vocals | |
 | Born on April 21, 1973 in St. Louis, Missouri. Started playing guitar at age 14 and soon after met up with drummer Tom Norton. From school talent shows to hard core rock bands Bryan honed his skills as a musician switching between lead, rhythm and bass guitar.In 2000 played bass and sang lead vocals in the band Seed, featuring Tom Norton on drums. In 2004 began work on a collection of acoustic songs under the name The Color Blue. Bryan wrote, recorded and produced the acoustic album "Reconcile" shortly after the death of his mother. In 2006 Bryan met Evan Thomas while working at Guitar Center, and shortly after formed Ten9Central. Bryan currently serves as bass player and backup vocalist, Bryan combines his past experience to help create the sound that is Ten9Central. |
| Tom Norton - Rhythm section/Drums | |
 | Born August 16, 1972 to Tom and Jackie Norton, little Tommy started playing drums at the age of seven by setting up cardboard boxes like a drum set and beating on them with paint stir sticks. Finally, tired of all the mising stir sticks and boxes his parents surprised him with an Apollo red sparkle kit on his birthday. He woke up and they were in his bedroom. Tom's first band was in my 7th grade year, then in the 10th grade I hooked up with Jeff Willard's band in the talent show and then on to the Bad Boyz with Bryan (bass jockey) and Scott Elder (the web guy) - OH YEAH! Tom joined Hyacinth in 2000 and despite a good sounding demo, the band just never went anywere. He spent the next few years writing and recording his own songs and jammin' with Joe Bond. Bryan and Tom always knew we were meant to play music together and despite different paths, Norton getting married and having three kids, they finally decided to give it another go once Bryan had found the multi-talented Evan. The rest is history... |
