Roots Ensemble

I’m currently residing in Woolwich Township, New Jersey, I played drums and sang in my first garage band in high school. Shortly after, I started playing out at local bars in a blues band. I first started writing songs at age 17. I wrote mostly lyrics until learning to play guitar during my second year of college at West Chester University in Pennsylvania. We formed a band in college and played every nook and cranny of West Chester. We mostly played Gratful Dead covers interspersed with our original music. There were three of us writing in the band and we wrote individually and together for a few years while playing out.
Wrote and recorded my fist studio CD entitlled, “Thomas W. Bruggemann” in 1997 at Roadside Studios with local Philadelphia engineer and producer Paul Brown. I finished work on my second CD “Catywampus” in 2003 in my home studio. Just released my third CD "10 to 1"
We play a folk & rock style music. Major influences being; The Band, Neil Young, Crosby Stills & Nash, The Beatles, and Springsteen. Latley you can find us playing at the Swedes Cafe in Swedesboro, NJ. The core of the band has been playing together for over 15 years. We have stayed true to our musical beliefs and our goal is to just get our music out there to a larger audience.