Alice Cooper, Willie Nelson, Steven Tyler and More, Tom Conway Has Played Guitar For Them All

How does a young man growing up in Detroit, Michigan end up a world class musician living on an island in the middle of the Pacific? Tom Conway tells just exactly how he made his way to Maui back in 1977 and how he developed into a well-known guitar player playing with music legends from Alice Cooper to Willie Nelson.

Of course, this does not just happen. Tom talks about trips back to the mainland to further his guitar education and the reality of life as a professional musician. There are musical highs such as being a member of Hawai’i music legend Willie K’s band and the lows of his early years on Maui when life necessitated working a myriad of other jobs to survive. 

But survive he did, and he’d be the first to tell you that wife Sandy and her encouraging, supportive nature has been instrumental in his ability to thrive in the land of Aloha.