Thomas Baxter Gleave is a British singer-songwriter based in London. He was born in Ipswich, Suffolk, and grew up in Camborne, Cornwall, with his four siblings.
The second son of Jeff and Julie Gleave. Baxter and his siblings use their middle names as stage surnames.
Baxter is the middle brother of Jo Spencer, and his younger brother Charlie Winston, a successful songwriter based in France. The youngest sibling Vashti Anna was named after singer-songwriter Vashti Bunyan who is a family friend.
By age 15, Baxter had picked up the guitar and started a rockabilly band with his elder brother after hearing 'The Elvis Sun Sessions'. He went on to attend art school at 17, specializing in Fine Art Painting. After moving to London at age 19 to attend music college to study a foundation course in Music & Performance at Brunel University, he graduated with a BA in Commercial Music at Westminster University.
During this period he spent much of his time on the gig circuit and later took up a series of successful residencies at Bush Hall in Shepherds Bush and The Bedford, Balham which brought him to the attention of major record labels.
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