TFM tells the story of his early years playing his songs for free beer every Friday at a small blue collar pub in Illinois. The constuction workers in the audience would heckle him and demand he play Free Bird.
TFM Songs That Tell True Stories
This song includes three vignettes all based upon true stories and all connected by the common theme of "overtightened" screws. In the first, a brand new kitchen faucet has a leak in the hose but because the screw holding Read more
This song includes three vignettes all based upon true stories and all connected by the common theme of "overtightened" screws. In the first, a brand new kitchen faucet has a leak in the hose but because the screw holding the hose has been overtightened at the factory, the faucet cannot be repaired and is thrown out. In the second, a similar story: an outdoor grill cannot be repaired due to an overtightened screw and must be junked. In the third vignette, a broken hearted teenager overdoses on drugs due to his "overtightened" screws and is likewise "thrown away" just like the faucet and the grill.
A true story relating the childhood of TFM spent on the banks of a dirty creek running through a small town in Central Illinois.
Based upon a true story. The song tells the story of a man who agrees to marry his beloved fiancee in spite of her infidelity, only to discover that her indiscretion included a kinky sex act.
The song tells two true stories both related in that they involved flatulence: 1) an awkward encounter in high school gym class where I scared away a potential love interest but accidentally farting while pushing a weight Read more
The song tells two true stories both related in that they involved flatulence: 1) an awkward encounter in high school gym class where I scared away a potential love interest but accidentally farting while pushing a weight and 2) a childhood remembrance of my Aunt Sylvia (recently deceased) who farted in front of us kids and created great laughter and a lifelong memory.
TFM tells the true story of an evening wherein he finally broke up with his girlfriend (after many previous failed attempts) at a restaurant and left the establishment but couldn't remember where he parked. She helped him find his car and they reunited.
TFM tells the tale of being challenged to a fight in high school by a bully and electing to walk away from the fight and suffer the indignity of the scorn and derision of his classmates.
TFM tells the story of a time he chewed an inordinate amount of feen-a-mint gum before attending a strip club and after eating hot chicken wings. The strip club had a single men's room toilet with no privacy walls around it. The door to the toilet was right next to the area of the bars the stippers congregated between dances.
TFM relates the true story of his wife who was a teen mom that overcame many obstacles to finally achieve her master's degree.
TFM tells the true story of a time he worked at a pizza place and attempted to rob it but failed as the key didn't fit. A short time later, the pizzeria was successfully robbed by someone with a key and TFM was accused. BUT...if they key doesn't fit, you must acquit! (OJ Simpson reference).