Biography
One of the last great traditional Delta blues musicians, James Son Thomas style conveyed the power, earnesty and integrity of masterful country artists like Arthur Big Boy Crudup. Thomas grew up on a farm in Mississippi and played in juke joints and barrelhouses before he began recording in the late '60s. He appeared in the films Delta Blues Singer: James Sonny Ford Thomas in 1970 and Give My Poor Heart Ease: Mississippi Delta Bluesmen in 1975, plus the short Mississippi Delta Blues in 1974. Thomas also made festival appearances in the '70s and '80s. He recorded for Transatlantic, Matchbox, Southern Folklore and regional labels in the '60s,'70s and '80s. ~ Ron Wynn, Rovi



 
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James Son Thomas In Concert - Delta Blues
James Son Thomas and Joe Cooper singing "Catfish Blues" (1975)
James Son Thomas - Leland, Mississippi
James Son Ford Thomas Concert - 1980 (Live Video)
JAMES SON THOMAS - It's Hurts Me Too
James Son Thomas - Hard Times
James Son Thomas - Bottomlands (Full Album )
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