Tom Malm has been at it longer than most. He began in 1971 fronting a '50's-oriented rock and roll band, played his original works in a folk/blues-styled duet, latched on to an emerging Grateful Dead cover band and formed “Mom’s House of Burgers,” a hard-edged blues-rock band that appeared in all of the Charleston, SC area’s major venues and received regular radio play. 

In the ‘90’s, the music industry publication, "Playback" featured a story on Tom written by the legendary Guitar Player writer, Tom Mulhearn. Blue Oyster Cult and former Black Sabbath drummer, Bobby Rondinelli, once said Tom was “like the mayor of the music industry.” He has gone shoe shopping with Keb Mo, drawn-up football plays for Bob Weir, gotten diet advice from Allen Woody and helped Warren Haynes Christmas shop for his brother.  He has helped to shape the guitar sound of session artists in Nashville to Pantera’s Dimebag Darrell.  The Delta Blues Museum honored him for his contributions in preserving the memory of the early instruments of the genre  from the 1920’s and 1930’s.