Tommy Anthony is an American musician, singer, songwriter, arranger, and producer.  He has released three studio albums and his single, I Don't Know You Anymore, charted in the top-40.  In 2012,  he won an El Premio ASCAP Award for composing the 2011 World Cup theme song and has been a featured  performer at the Billboard Latin Music Conference and ASCAP's Best Kept Secrets, among others. 
 
He is perhaps best known for his extensive work as a guitarist and vocalist for Santana, Gloria Estefan, and Jon Secada.  He has toured and recorded with Steve Winwood, Shakira, Carole King, Celine Dion, Ricky Martin, and Julio Iglesias, among others.

Early Life and Education
Thomas Anthony Maestu was born (August 17, 1965) in New York and raised in Miami, Florida.  He began singing, playing the guitar, drums, piano, and bass as a teenager and is a self-taught musician.  He attended Christopher Columbus High School where he teamed up with Raul Malo and they formed the musical group, The Boys which later evolved into The Tomboys.  Anthony played guitar, sang, and wrote songs for the group.  They garnered a large following playing local shows and concerts.  His musical influences are cited as Carlos Santana, Terry Kath, Jimmy Page, Eric Clapton (with Cream).  He received a bachelor's degree in psychology from the University of Miami.

Career
Anthony is a singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist (guitar, piano, bass, percussion, programming), producer, and music arranger. He pursued a solo music career and has been a band member of The Boys, The Tomboys, The Basics, Goza, 4 O'Clock Balloon, and Santana.

In 1993, he became a studio session musician, playing guitar and providing vocals on albums for such artists as Ricky Martin, Shakira, Julio Iglesias, and Mandy Moore.  Anthony toured with Gloria Estefan as a guitarist and vocalist for ten years until she retired.

He was then offered a gig as Santana's guitarist and vocalist with whom he has recorded and toured with extensively.  Anthony has received press about his on-stage dual-guitar performances with Carlos Santana and in an interview with NPR, when speaking about the recording of his album, Africa Speaks, Carlos said, The thing that kept the flow happening - because everything's about the flow - was Tommy Anthony.   Anthony has also been a featured singer and performer in Santana's concerts, performing, Roxanne, at the Smart Financial Centre in 2017.

In 1997, during the period that Anthony was touring with Jon Secada, he co-founded the musical group, 4 O'Clock Balloon featuring Tommy Anthony, releasing several albums,  The 4 O'Clock Balloon, and More Hot Air, and Up, Up, and Away.  The 4 O'Clock Balloon received favorable reviews and sold well at Tower Records stores in Chicago and Minneapolis.  The Miami New Times voted the group Best Rock Band in 1998.

Solo career
Anthony pursued a solo music career with his genre being described as American pop with Latin rhythm.  His 1995 debut album release, Mondial, received favorable reviews with its single release, I Don't Know You Anymore charting at #14.  In 2012,  he won an El Premio ASCAP Award for composing the 2011 World Cup theme song.  He has been a featured performer at the  Billboard Latin Music Conference (with Sheila E.), ASCAP's Best Kept Secrets, and the Hispanic Heritage Awards, among others. Anthony was signed to a publishing deal with Sony music publishing (ATV/New York).
  
Anthony has produced music for Disney, Univision and Comcast and provided vocals on, A Love For All Time, the closing theme song for Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, which was also included on the soundtrack.<ref name="Yo Yo Ma"/

Warner Bros. released a series of Anthony's guitar instruction videos such as, SongXpress's Early Rock & Roll, Vol. 1, California Sound for Guitar, Vol. 1, and Mag Rack's Guitar Xpress, among others.

 Discography
 1995 - Mondial
 2001 - Latin Majik (Sony Disco)
 2020 - Iguales

Selected Discography
 2021 - Blessings and Miracles - Santana - Guitar, Vocals
 2020 - Whiter Shade of Pale - Santana (featuring Steve Winwood) - Guitar, Vocals
 2019 - Africa Speaks - Santana - Guitar, Vocals
 2014 - Corazón - Santana - Guitar, Vocals
 2010 - Guitar Heaven: The Greatest Guitar Classics of All Time - Santana - Guitar
 2006 - Rayito - Rayito - Vocals
 2005 - Desde Siempre - Chayanne - Vocals 
 2004 - Universal Es Sergio Dalma	Sergio Dalma - Composer
 2004 - The Best of Mandy Moore - Mandy Moore - Vocals 
 2004 - Así Soy Yo - David Bustamante - Arranger, Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar (Electric), Guitar (12 String), Programming, Bateria, Vocals
 2003 - Milagro - Jaci Velasquez - Vocals 
 2003 - Estrella Guía - Alexandre Pires - Vocals 
 2003 - Esencia Natural - Ainhoa Cantalapiedra -	Guitar, Programming, Bateria, Vocals
 2003 - Cuarto Sin Puerta - Shalim Ortiz -	Vocals
 2003 - Clave De Amor - Raúl Di Blasio / José Luis Rodríguez - Vocals
 2003 - Amar Es - Cristian Castro - Vocals 
 2002 - Sensual -	Roberto Perera - Vocals
 2002 - En Alma, Cuerpo y Corazon - Gisselle - Vocals 
 2002 - Dame de Eso - Carlos Baute  -	Vocals
 2001 - Nueva Vida - Sergio Dalma - Composer
 2001 - Mandy Moore - Mandy Moore - Vocals 
 2001 - Laundry Service - 	Shakira - Vocals
 2001 - In My Pocket -	Mandy Moore - Vocals
 2000 - y Más -	Myriam Hernández - Vocals 
 2000 - Sound Loaded -	Ricky Martin - Vocals 
 2000 - Para Estar Contigo -	Jaime Camil	- Vocals
 2000 - Noche de cuatro lunas - Julio Iglesias - Vocals
 2000 - Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (soundtrack) -	Yo-Yo Ma / Tan Dun	- Vocals 
 2000 - Amén -	Azucar Moreno -	Vocals
 1999 - Ricky Martin - Ricky Martin - 	Guitar (Acoustic/Electric)
 1999 - Llegar a Ti - Jaci Velasquez - Vocals
 1998 - Dónde Están los Ladrones? - Shakira - Vocals
 1997 - Tributo a Queen: Los Grandes del Rock en Espanol - Cachorro López - Guitar (Electric)
 1995 - Mondial - Tommy Anthony - Primary Artist

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American guitarists
American male singer-songwriters
American record producers
Musicians from Miami
Singers from Miami
Living people
21st-century American male musicians
1965 births