ABOUT
Son of a working-class family, Tom Yankton’s story starts in a mobile home in the red clay hills of Hot Springs, Arkansas. Tom Yankton has an extensive resume that includes performing on Jimmy Kimmel Live, The Today Show, The Grand Ole Opry and The Academy Of Country Music Awards. He has written songs that have appeared in “Bad Moms Christmas,” "Love At First Flight," and Netflix’s “Sex Education,” and has worked with legendary artists, such as Rock & Roll Hall Of Famers — Chicago, playing on their album “Chicago XXX”. He has also played with Christina Aguilera, Collin Raye, RaeLynn, Rascal Flatts, Waylon Payne, and many others. For the last three years, Tom Yankton has been performing his own music live across the country, including being asked to join supergroup, The Rise Above, alongside Jay DeMarcus (Rascal Flatts), Deen Castronovo (Journey/Bad English), Jason Scheff (Chicago) and Chris Rodriguez (Brooks & Dunn/Kenny Loggins/Keith Urban/Megadeth). This fall, Tom made his debut at Billy Bob’s Texas, a lifelong dream for him, opening for the acclaimed Eli Young Band. He is featured on Spotify’s 'Country Rocks' playlist with music logging over 2 million streams on the platform. Most recently, Tom has been in the studio recording his new material with renowned songwriter and producer, Jimmy Ritchey.
