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Best remembered for the mid-1970s hits "Homemade Love" and "Sad Country Love Song," Thom Bresh was an American country musician who carried along the family tradition established by his father, Merle Travis. Born in Hollywood, California, on February 23, 1948, he worked as a movie stuntman and joined a rock band, The Crescents, in 1963. The group's instrumental track "Pink Dominoes" reached Number 69 on the Billboard 100 in 1964, while Bresh was still a teenager. He changed directions during the 1970s, rebranding himself as a country act and reaching Number 6 with "Homemade Love" in 1976. A solo album of the same was released in 1976, featuring the Number 17 hit "Sad Country Love Song" and the Number 33 single "Hey Daisy (Where Have All the Good Times Gone)." Bresh was nominated for "Top New Male Vocalist" at the 1976 Academy of Country Music Awards and quickly released two follow-up records, Kicked Back (1977) and Portrait (1978), although neither album managed to produce another Top 40 hit. He later hosted the TV variety show Nashville Swing before pursuing behind-the-scenes work as a producer and videographer, working with acts like George Jones and Brooks & Dunn during the latter half of his career. A diagnosis of esophageal cancer brought his career to a halt in 2021, and he died the following year on May 23, 2022, passing away at 74 years old.
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