Tom Hamilton w/ Salty Strings at SOhO!

Tom Hamilton’s guiding creative principle is very simple: he doesn’t like to repeat himself artistically.

For the Philadelphia-based singer/songwriter and guitarist, this mindset stems from a deep-seated motivation to keep pushing himself as an artist — to delve into different lyrical themes and musical detours, to explore potentially uncomfortable and unfamiliar emotional places. “That’s a thrilling prospect,” says Hamilton. “To find the deeper things inside and to open up those doors that I didn’t even know were there.”

As founding member of Brothers Past, American Babies, Joe Russo’s Almost Dead, Ghost Light and Billy and The Kids, Hamilton has written/recorded roughly a dozen albums and EPs and shared the stage with everyone from John Mayer to Bob Weir to Billy Strings.

On Wednesday, November, he will be joined by local bluegrass band, Salty Strings, as they join forces for one epic night of music.