Thomas Mack Lauderdale (Born July 14, 1970 in Oakland, California) is a musician, largely known for his work with the Portland-based band Pink Martini.
After Lauderdale was born, he was adopted by Kerby Roy and Linda Sue (Mikesell) Lauderdale. In 1972, the family moved to Indiana, where his father became a pastor at Eel River Church of the Brethren – a progressively pacifist denomination known for its strong anti-war positions. After church servi...
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Thomas Mack Lauderdale (Born July 14, 1970 in Oakland, California) is a musician, largely known for his work with the Portland-based band Pink Martini.
After Lauderdale was born, he was adopted by Kerby Roy and Linda Sue (Mikesell) Lauderdale. In 1972, the family moved to Indiana, where his father became a pastor at Eel River Church of the Brethren – a progressively pacifist denomination known for its strong anti-war positions. After church services, Thomas would go to the piano, and try to replicate the hymns he heard. His parents bought an upright piano at an auction and he began his formal musical studies at age six with Patricia Garrison of North Manchester, Indiana and later, Joyanne Jones at Indiana University/Purdue University in Fort Wayne.
In 1976, his father resigned from the ministry and the Lauderdale family opened a plant nursery near the city of North Manchester. The family later moved to Portland, Oregon in 1980, after his parents divorced and his father came out of the...
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