Sleepy Tom, AKA, Tom Forsythe, is a solo musician who sings and plays acoustic and electric guitar. He has been living and playing music in the Triangle for over 30 years. Among others, he has played with blues artists Big Boy Henry and Slewfoot and multi-instrumentalist, Tin Whiskers. For percussion on the acoustic songs he uses a suitcase kick drum. For some of the electric blues that he does in live shows, he adds a full drum kit to his mix with a Digitech Trio Band Creator effects pedal.