Career
In 1998 Hamilton met Tom McKee and asked him to join the band as a keyboardist and vocalist. This initial line-up toured the Mid-Atlantic area heavily until 1999 when Doctorate"Amico, Desiderio, and the elder Hamilton brother left the band to pursue more normal life styes. Hamilton and McKee settled on hiring Clay Parnell and Rick Lowenberg as the new rhythm section in 2000 and began touring again in 2001.
Hamilton has been the primary songwriter, guitarist, and vocalist for, as well as co-producer for all of their recorded releases.
In 2006 Hamilton started playing sporadic acoustic concerts around the Philadelphia area billed as "Tom Hamilton"s ", mainly as a way to stay occupied between tours. As the internal relationships in disintegrated and his musical tastes changed Hamilton focused more on acoustic oriented music and decided to make a new band geared towards his new muse. was formed in 2007 and soon after they released a self-titled album.
This was followed by their sophomore release Flawed Logic in 2011 and third album Knives and Teeth on October 15, 2013. Since 2000, Tom Hamilton has been playing with along with current members, Marc Brownstein, Mike Greenfield, and Aron Magner.
In 2013, Tom Hamilton also began playing with Joe Russo, Dave Dreiwitz, Marco Benevento and Scott Metzger in a Grateful Dead tribute band called
This was followed by another concert at Terrapin Crossroads on October 6, 2014 which was billed as "East Coast All-Stars", and a three night run on December 29–31 to close out 2014 at the Capital Theatre in Portuguese Chester, New York billed as "PhilRAD".
In October 2014, Hamilton was announced as part of Grateful Dead"s Bill Kreutzmann"s new band Billy & the Kids. Also in the band are Reed Mathis and Aron Magner. On August 15, 2015 Bob Weir joined Hamilton and his Billy & the Kids bandmates at The Peach Music Festival in Scranton, Pennsylvania
On September 12, 2015 Hamilton played with the Grateful Dead"s Bob Weir, Bill Kreutzmann, and Mickey Hart at the second annual Lockn" Festival in Arrington, Virginia during Billy & the Kids" headlining set.
