In honor of Athens’ distinction as one of the best music towns in the nation and the original Last Resort opened as a music club in 1966. Those who can still remember the tunes of such passionate performers as the Reverend Pearly Brown, Towns Van Zandt, Doc Watson, Jimmy Buffett, and even Steve Martin may feel nostalgic at the mere mention of the club’s name. Today that passion is found in Last Resort Grill’s menu and atmosphere, pulling directly from the building’s eclectic history.

Compiled by: Cheri Leavy

Family: Wife: Kelly; Children: Chandler Anne, Sarah Kate and Coleman

Hometown: Tifton, Georgia

Current Town: Athens and Valdosta, Georgia 

What years at UGA: 1988-1992

School/Degree: Agricultural Economics

Profession: Real Estate Broker and Developer, Restauranteur – The Last Resort

Fave band you have seen in Athens: Tough one but Widespread Panic or Dave Matthews Band

Tom’s Playlist

Widespread Panic – Chilly Water

‌Dreams So Real – Bearing Witness

‌Allgood – Trilogy

‌Allman Brothers Band – Blue Sky

‌The Cure – Just Like Heaven

‌Dave Matthews Band – One Sweet World

‌REM – Texarkana

‌10,000 Maniacs – These Are the Days

‌Blues Traveler – But Anyway

‌Futurebirds – Trippin’

‌Smithereens – Only A Memory

‌The Grapes – Sweet Angeline

‌Indigo Girls – Closer  to Fine

‌Grateful Dead – Fire on the Mountain from Dead Set

‌Janes Addiction – Stop

The Dirty Guvnahs – Fairlane

U2 – In God’s Country

Cracker – Low

Kinchafoonee Cowboys – Eggs Toast Grits         and Bacon

‌B52s – Roam