Thomas William Fowler (June 10, 1951 – July 2, 2024) was an American bass guitarist. Born in Salt Lake City, Utah, he started playing the violin at age six, before picking up the upright bass, and finally electric bass at age 16.^[1] He had played with It's a Beautiful Day, Frank Zappa, The Mothers of Invention, Jean-Luc Ponty, Ray Charles, Steve Hackett, and many others. He had four brothers, including trombonist Bruce and trumpeter Walt Fowler.

Fowler also recorded albums with Air Pocket, a band including his siblings among others. Fowler died following complications from an aneurysm on July 2, 2024, at the age of 73.^[2][3]

Discography[edit]

With It's A Beautiful Day[edit]

• Choice Quality Stuff/Anytime – 1971
• At Carnegie Hall – 1972

With Frank Zappa/The Mothers Of Invention[edit]

• Over-Nite Sensation – 1973
• Apostrophe (') – 1974
• Roxy & Elsewhere – 1974
• One Size Fits All – 1975
• Bongo Fury – 1975
• Studio Tan – 1978
• The Old Masters Box III – 1987
• You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 2 – 1988
• The Lost Episodes – 1996
• Läther – 1996
• Frank Zappa Plays The Music Of Frank Zappa: A Memorial Tribute – 1996
• Have I Offended Someone? – 1997
• Quadiophiliac – 2004
• One Shot Deal – 2008
• Understanding America – 2012
• Road Tapes, Venue 2 – 2013
• Roxy by Proxy – 2014
• Roxy the Soundtrack – 2015
• The Crux of the Biscuit – 2016
• The Roxy Performances – 2018
• Zappa / Erie – 2022

With Air Pocket/The Fowler Brothers[edit]

• Fly On – 1975
• Hunter – 1985
• Breakfast For Dinosaurs – 1988

With George Duke[edit]

• I Love the Blues, She Heard My Cry – 1975

With Jean-Luc Ponty[edit]

• Aurora – 1976
• Imaginary Voyage – 1976

With Steve Hackett[edit]

• Please Don't Touch! – 1978

With Bruce Fowler[edit]

• Ants Can Count – 1990
• “Entropy” - 1993

With Steve Fowler[edit]

• Last Blue Sky – 1991

With Don Preston[edit]

• Vial Foamy Ectoplasm – 1993

With Ray Charles[edit]

• Ray Charles At The Olympia – 2004
• Ray – 2004
• Genius Loves Company – 2004

With Tom Fowler Interface[edit]

• Let's Start Over – 2011^[4]

References[edit]

External links[edit]

• Info at united-mutations.com
• Tom Fowler at IMDb
• Tom Fowler discography at Discogs