Tam Duffill was born in Bremerton, Washington. His father had spent 30 years in the Navy and was a retired Admiral. The first 16 years of his life he lived in Arlington, Virginia where his father was stationed at the Pentagon. He later moved to Mobile Alabama.Tam was in a rock and roll band named “The Rebel Rockers”. He appeared on TV and had a record called “Cooly Dooly”. Tam was friends with the drummer of the rock group “Lynyrd Skynyrd”. He played with that band on occasion.
In 1959, he attended Alabama College, which is now known as The University of Montivella and graduated in 1963. Tam worked for Martin Luther King Jr. for 3 years, working the varitype machine for him. Tam said that he wanted to join in on some of the marches they had but was told they needed him more at the varitype machine.
He was a teacher in Savannah High School and sang in folk music clubs while living in Savannah, Georgia. Tam has been married 4 times and had one child. He was an avid motorcyclist until he was run into by a woman in a car in 1977 and broke his hip. He was in a hip cast for 1 1/2 years and had to have 4 operations. This is what brought him here to Dogwood Forest’s assisted living community in Marietta, GA.
He volunteers to play his guitar and sing for our other assisted living residents, and enjoys performing here at Dogwood Forest of Marietta, GA.
You can see him perform every Tuesday at 2:00 p.m.
He has recently had the honor of being inducted into the Rock-a-Billy Hall of Fame.
Watch Tam perform on YouTube:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=WvzEF9MFUzk
www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5HFZmsIK94