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WILLARD Ramblin' THOMAS JESSE Babyface THOMAS |
Willard "Ramblin" Thomas was born around 1900, probably in Texas but possibly in Louisiana. Very little is known about him except that he recorded eighteen tracks for Paramount and Victor between 1928 and 1932. He was reportedly a self-taught guitarist who spent most of his life playing the street corners and juke joints in Texas, Louisiana and the Mississippi Delta region, often in the company of King Solomon Hill. Sometime after his last recording in 1932 he is said to have moved to Memphis where is is thought to have died not long after his arrival there.
Brother of Ramblin' Thomas, Jesse "Babyface" Thomas was also a blues guitarist who enjoyed some local popularity in Shreveport, Louisiana, and also in Oklahoma City. |