Jesse Thomas (musician)
Jesse "Babyface" Thomas (February 3, 1911 – August 13, 1995)[1][non-primary source needed] was an American Louisiana blues guitarist and singer.[2] Known at different times as "Baby Face" or "Mule", and occasionally billed as "The Blues Troubadour", his career performing blues music extended eight decades.[3]
Career
Born in
Victor in 1929. He recorded and performed throughout the 1940s and 1950s, based in the Los Angeles area.[3] He recorded for Specialty Records in 1953.[3] While in Los Angeles he operated his own Club record label.[5] Thomas returned to Shreveport in the late 1950s and in the mid-1960s made recordings on his Red River label.[5]
His career spanned over 60 years – in 1994 he appeared at the Long Beach Blues Festival. The Louisiana bluesman, Ramblin' Thomas, was his brother,[6] and fellow Louisiana blues guitar player, Lafayette Thomas, was his nephew.
A longtime resident of the Lakeside neighborhood of Shreveport, Louisiana, Thomas died there on August 15, 1995 at the age of 84.[7][8]
Discography
References
- ^ "Jesse Thomas discography". Wirz.de. Retrieved October 7, 2015.
- ISBN 1-904041-96-5.
- ^ ISBN 1-85868-255-X.
- ISBN 0-85112-939-0.
- ^ ISBN 9780807169322.
- ^ "Willard Ramblin' Thomas / Jesse Babyface Thomas". Thebluestrail.com. Retrieved November 19, 2011.
- ^ Obituary for Jesse Thomas, The Times. 17 August 1995
- ISBN 9780415927017.
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