Thom Pace
The Idaho Native, born in Boise on January 13th 1949, graduated Pocatello High in 1967 and is currently residing in Coeur d'Alene. He started performing with a band at the young age of 14 and remembers having to go outside during breaks in clubs because 15 was too young to be inside while not playing. After countless hours of club performances he decided 12 years of this was enough, packed his bags and moved to Los Angeles California.
In 1974, a couple of years prior to his move, he wrote the song 'Maybe', which was originally written for the movie 'Snow Tigers'. In the same year, this song was used as a Medley 'Wear the Sun in Your Heart/Maybe' in the movie 'The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams'. Then, in 1977 the song became the title song for the series with the same name.
Not until the series aired in Germany in 1979 was Thom recognized for his song. In May 1979 'Maybe' placed rank 14 in the British Hitaprade and in October 1979 it ranked 1st in the German charts for a solid 9 weeks. Thom ended up with the 'Goldene Europa' Award, Europe's version of the Grammy Award for Best Song of 1979. He continued to write songs for several movies and is still active in music today.
For a while Thom tried to seperated himself a bit from the music industry and moved to Hawaii where he was a helicopter pilot, flying tourists over Hawaii's wonderous Volcanoes. He did release a not well known vinyl album called 'Pace Yourself' while there. After moving back to Idaho he released his CD 'Not in Compliance' in 2002.
