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Thomas Brenneck

Thomas (* in Staten Island, NY) is a guitarist, record producer, and engineer, best known as the leader of the Menahan Street Band and member of The Budos Band, Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings, and El Michels Affair. He was the producer of soul singer Charles Bradley. As a producer session musician, he frequently works with Daptone and Big Crown Records artists.

Thomas is a self-taught guitarist who joined the original Daptone band The Dap-Kings at the age of 20. He quickly became one of the essential members of the Daptone family, playing and touring with Sharon Jones, the label matriarch. Sharon gave Brenneck his nickname, Tommy "TNT" Brenneck.

Since then, Thomas founded Dunham Records and Studio, cultivated the music and career of the late Charles Bradley, performed and recorded with Amy Winehouse and is a principal in his other Daptone project the Menahan Street Band.

Thomas has been a session guitarist, writer and producer on projects with Lady Gaga, CeeLo Green, Dan Auerbach, Beyoncé & Jay-Z, Josh Tillman a.k.a. Father John Misty, Rufus Wainwright and Miley Cyrus,[ among others. Additionally, he has played guitar for Amy Winehouse, and he is one of the musicians featured on "Telepathy" by Christina Aguilera featuring Nile Rodgers.

Thomas is the founder of Dunham Records, a subsidiary of Daptone Records. He ran a small recording studio out of his home in Bushwick, Brooklyn before opening Dunham Sound Studios with Homer Steinwiess in Williamsburg in 2008. The all-analog studio operated with Menahan Street Band as the in-house band and recorded artists including Mark Ronson, Rufus Wainwright, Cee-lo Green, Theophilus London and Diane Birch, among others. In 2014, the studio was succeeded by The Diamond Mine, a recording studio in Long Island City founded with Steinweiss, Nick Movshon, and Leon Michels.

In 2017, Thomas moved to Los Angeles. He now works out of Los Angeles' The Sound Factory studio with Mark Ronson, whom he got to know well during his time with Winehouse.

from Wikipedia

Make The Road By Walking Dunham DUN-1000 recorded in Brooklyn, NY/USA	Leon Michels, tenor sax, flute, organ, piano, congas Aaron Johnson, trombone Dave Guy, trumpet Cochemea Gastelum, flute Thomas Brenneck, guitar, organ, piano, vibes, bass, drums Michael Deller, piano, organ Toby Pazner, vibes Bosco Mann, bass Nick Movshon, bass, drums Homer Steinweiss, drums
No Time For Dreaming Dunham DUN-1001 recorded in Brooklyn, NY/USA	Charles Bradley, vocals Leon Michels, tenor sax, organ, piano Dave Guy, trumpet Thomas Brenneck, guitar, organ, piano, bass, drums, vibes Victor Axelrod, organ, glockenspiel Bosco Mann, organ, bass, congas Mike Deller, piano Toby Pazner, vibes Daniel Foder, bass Nick Movshon, bass Homer Steinweiss, drums Fernando Velez, congas
Changes Daptone DAP 041 recorded in Brookly, NY/USA	Charles Bradley, vocals David Guy, trumpet Ray Mason, trombone Joe Harrison, flute, vibes Thomas Brenneck, guitar, bass, organ, percussion Will Schalda, organ, piano Michael Deller, organ Raynier Jacildo, organ Victor Axelrod, piano, vibes Leon Michels, organ, sax Nick Movshon, bass Homer Steinweiss, drums The Gospel Queens, vocals Saun & Starr, vocals
Black Velvet Dunham DUN1007	Charles Bradley, vocals, organ Leon Michels, tenor sax, organ, piano Freddy DeBoe, baritone sax Aaron Johnson, trombone Billy Aukstik, trumpet Dave Guy, trumpet Thomas Brenneck, guitar, organ, piano, vibes, bass, drums, percussion Mike Deller, piano, organ Victor Axelrod, piano Nick Movshon, bass Homer Steinweiss, drums Mickey Post, drums Nick Movshon, drums, percussion Fernando, congas Dave Guy, tambourine
The Exciting Sounds Of Menahan Street Band Dunham DUN-1008 recorded in Long Island City, NY and Hollywood, CA/USA	Leon Michels, tenor sax, organ, percussion Ray Mason, trombone Dave Guy, trumpet, guitar, tambourine Thomas Brenneck, guitar, organ, piano, synthesizer, bass, percussion Mike Deller, Farfisa organ Daniel Foder, bass Bosco Mann, bass Nick Movshon, bass, drums Brian Profilio, drums Homer Steinweiss, drums Elizabeth Pupo-Walker, congas

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