Tommy Mandel (born June 2, 1949) is a keyboardist most notable for playing with Bryan Adams from 1981 to 1998, starting with Bryan Adams’s album You Want It You Got It. Just prior to joining Bryan Adams’s band, Mandel released a self-titled solo EP called “..id..” in 1980 with notable songs such as “Allow Me (to Destroy You)” and “Pirate Ship”. He also has played with Dire Straits, John Waite and Lydia Canaan among many others. He is still active today and in 2019 he released the EP “Close Encounters of Their Own Kind”.