Home > Images > Thomas James "Bubba" Norwood
Image

Thomas James "Bubba" Norwood

Thomas James "Bubba" Norwood enjoying a sunny afternoon at the 2018 Northside Festival.

Can you help us caption this item? Let us know!

Thomas James "Bubba" Norwood

Image of Norwood, Thomas James "Bubba".

Citation: “Thomas James "Bubba" Norwood,” From the Rock Wall, accessed November 21, 2024, https://fromtherockwall.org/images/thomas-james-bubba-norwood-4.

"We’re writing our own history, thank you!"

Ms. Esphur Foster

Want to add in?  Have a different view?  What do you think? Want to upload your own photos or documents?

History is not the past.  It’s the sense we make of the past now. Click below to RESPOND—and be part of making history today.

Respond

In this Image

Thomas James "Bubba" Norwood

"I rehearsed one day and was gone the next...I didn’t have a chance to tell anyone. And my first gig was in Nashville, Tennessee. I actually turned,...eighteen on the road." - Thomas James "Bubba" Norwood Bubba Norwood was born in Northside where he picked up drumming at an early age. He began his…

More to explore

 Thomas James "Bubba" Norwood

Thomas James "Bubba" Norwood plays the drums.

 Thomas James "Bubba" Norwood - On growing up in Carrboro and playing music in bands

Thomas James “Bubba” Norwood was born in Durham in 1942 and grew up in Northside and Carrboro. At seventeen, he went on tour with the Ike and Tina Turner Revue and went on to play with bands including The Monkees and Albert King, before ultimately returning home to Carrboro. He reflects on growing…

Northside News Volume VIII, Edition 8

Northside News Volume VII, Edition 8
Back to all images