{"id":61,"date":"2017-10-06T15:36:20","date_gmt":"2017-10-06T15:36:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ombra.pikarthouse.com\/musicband\/?page_id=61"},"modified":"2017-10-07T07:34:07","modified_gmt":"2017-10-07T07:34:07","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ombra.pikarthouse.com\/musicband\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div \t\tclass=\"pikode pikode--row \"  >\n\t<div class=\"pikode--row__wrapper pikode--row--height-auto\"  >\n\t\t<div class=\"pikode--row-inner\">\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"pikode--row__content pikode--row__content--skin-none\"\n\t\t\t\tstyle=\"vertical-align: middle;\" >\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pikode--row__content__wrapper pikode--row__content--center\"  >\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pikode--row__content-inner pikode--row--width-auto\" style=\"padding: 60px 0px 0px 0px; margin: 30px 0px 90px 0px;\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pikode pikode--custom-content  custom-content--36\" style=\"font-weight: 400; line-height: 1.2; text-decoration: none; color: #ebebeb;\"><p><strong>There are few musical artists<\/strong> that have managed to stay in the mind of popular culture like Tom Jones.<\/p>\n<p>Some of this has to do with his timeless hits such as &#8220;She&#8217;s a Lady&#8221;. Other reasons that Tom Jones has managed to be so popular is that he constantly reinvents his sound.<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"pikode pikode--cols cols \" style=\"margin-left: -36px;\" ><div class=\"pikode--column pikode--column--6\" style=\"border-left-width: 36px;\"><p><span style=\"color: #c2c2c2;\">Tom Jones was born in South Wales and was challenged early in life by a case of tuberculosis.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #c2c2c2;\">According to his own statement, his time fighting tuberculosis was the worst two years of his life and he was unable to do little but listen to music and draw.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #ebebeb;\">A New Beginning<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"color: #c2c2c2;\">As he began to become more popular, Tom Jones recorded several early singles which led to him becoming well known not only in the UK, but also in the US where he enjoyed several top forty hits in both countries.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #c2c2c2;\">After some initial success the young singers popularity began to decline and he switched his style to more of a country sound which revitalized his career.<\/span><\/p><\/div><div class=\"pikode--column pikode--column--6\" style=\"border-left-width: 36px;\"><p><span style=\"color: #c2c2c2;\">In the late sixties Tom Jones became one of several stars to begin headlining in Las Vegas. His shows became known for their sexual tension and raw energy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #c2c2c2;\">During his time in Vegas, Tom Jones befriended Elvis Presley and the two became close friends.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #c2c2c2;\">At this time Tom Jones decided that he preferred the more lucrative club acts to cutting new records and it would be quite some time before he released a new album.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #c2c2c2;\">For a long time Tom Jones seemed destined to be a footnote in music history, however he enjoyed a rather sudden and strong resurgence in the late 80s and early nineties and has since remained at the forefront of the world wide music scene.<\/span><\/p><\/div><\/div>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/93348336\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" frameborder=\"0\" title=\"One Minute Wonder - Kiah Victoria\" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<div class=\"pikode pikode--custom-content  custom-content--14\" style=\"font-weight: 400; line-height: 1.68; text-decoration: none; color: #c2c2c2;\"><p>\u2014 Available for new collaborations and concerts. Send\u00a0us an\u00a0email to <a href=\"mailto:hello@ombramusic.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">hello@ombramusic.com<\/a><\/p><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-61","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ombra.pikarthouse.com\/musicband\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/61","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ombra.pikarthouse.com\/musicband\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ombra.pikarthouse.com\/musicband\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ombra.pikarthouse.com\/musicband\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ombra.pikarthouse.com\/musicband\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=61"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/ombra.pikarthouse.com\/musicband\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/61\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":176,"href":"https:\/\/ombra.pikarthouse.com\/musicband\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/61\/revisions\/176"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ombra.pikarthouse.com\/musicband\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}