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The Home Grown Tomatoes Band

Grown Locally! Genuine Organic!

The Home Grown Tomatoes Band 
Mixing humor and energy in every performance, a Home Grown Tomatoes show is an organic music mix of life in Iowa.

The songs are presented in a fun, family friendly program with a selection of original and unique songs designed to meet the specific needs of each event and audience.

The band's goal is to have everyone with a smile on their face, a song in their head they can't get rid of, and thinking of a fond memory of life in Iowa. Their performance is a mixture of American Gothic yearning, mid-western practicality, and stubborn romanticism mixed with humor and terminal sensibility.

About the Performers:

  • Home Grown Tomatoes Band PhotoBill Melton - is a 5th generation musician singer-songwriter. He is on the roster of the Des Moines Metro Arts as well as the touring roster of the Iowa Arts Council. He plays guitar, mandolin, fiddle, harmonica, banjo, and bass. He has a CD out of original songs inspired by life in Iowa called "All I Can Say".

  • Steffen Heins- is also a singer-songwriter, who has been playing guitar and performing original songs for over 10 years. He is on roster of the Iowa Arts Council and has a CD out of original songs entitled "Jenni Rain".


Past Performances

  • Two Rivers Festival, Des Moines
  • Adel Sweetcorn Festival
  • Hampton Main Street Music
  • Adel Music On the Square
  • Polk City Music on the Square
  • Floyd County Fair
  • Racoon Ridge Music Hall
  • Perry Friday Fest
  • Adair County Fair
  • Elkader Sweet Corn & Tater Festival
  • Music in the Park Series, Indianola
  • Meet Me in Minburn Concert Series
  • Old Settlers Days, Redfield
  • Taste of Iowa, Conrad
  • Humboldt Arts Festival
  • Bookends at the Bandshell, Ames
  • Harvest Festival, Living History Farms
  • Des Moines Marathon
  • Red Rock Retro Radio, Marion County Fair
  • Norman Borlaug, Harvets Festical, Cresco
  • Fountain Square Music Series, Red Oak
  • Fourth of July Celebration, Osage
  • Iowa State Fair - Bill Riley Stage 2008
  • Iowa State Fair - Anderson Erickson Stage 2009
  • Every Family Rocks Festival, Blank Park Zoo, Des Moines
  • numerous corporate and private functions

Listen to some HGT Music!


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Home Grown Tomatoes on the web
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Home Grown Tomatoes Videos
Iowa Ioway video for KCCI
Video Slide Show viva Home Grown Tomatoes
More videos on YouTube

Iowa Roots Music
The Home Grown Tomatoes Band

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--- Tolkien

 

 


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Jenni Rain MP3s


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