Tompall Glaser obit

Outlaw Country Singer Tompall Glaser Has Died 

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Thomas Paul "Tompall" Glaser, Age 79, passed away on Monday, the twelfth of August in Nashville after a long illness. Mr. Glaser was born in Spalding, Nebraska, son of the late Louis Nicholas and Alice Harriet Marie Glaser. Glaser is survived by his loving wife of 36 years, June Johnson. He is also survived by his sister, Eleanor Ryan of Lincoln, Nebraska; his brother, John of Omaha, Nebraska, Chuck, and Jim Glaser of Nashville; and by his numerous nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his brother, Robert of Spalding, Nebraska. The family held a private service at The Cathedral of the Incarnation on Friday, the 16th of August. For those who desire to honor Tompall's memory, donations may be sent to the American Diabetes Association.

Glaser was born in Spalding, Nebraska, the son of Alice Harriet Marie (née Davis) and Louis Nicholas Glaser. He was raised on a farm.

In the 1950s, he recorded as a solo artist. He later formed a trio with brothers Chuck and Jim called Tompall & the Glaser Brothers.

Tompall and his brothers shared the bill with Patsy Cline at The Mint casino in Las Vegas, in November–December 1962.

Tompall Glaser's highest-charting solo single was Shel Silverstein's "Put Another Log on the Fire", which peaked at No. 21 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles (now Hot Country Songs) charts in 1975.

Tompall appeared with Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, and Jessi Colter on the album Wanted! The Outlaws. In the 1970s his Nashville recording studio, dubbed "Hillbilly Central," was considered the nerve center of the nascent Outlaw country movement. Glaser, Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson were central figures in that movement.

Glaser died on August 12, 2013, in Nashville, Tennessee, at the age of 79, after a long illness. He was survived by his wife, June Johnson Glaser. His brother, Jim, died of a heart attack on April 6, 2019, at the age of 81. His brother, Chuck, died two months later on June 10, 2019, at the age of 83.