Thursday, May 05, 2005

Henry Thomas

Henry Thomas
Big Sandy, Texas, United States
Country blues, ragtime, gospel

Henry Thomas (1874–1930?) was an American country blues singer, songster and musician, who had a brief recording career in the late 1920s which has latterly been influential. He was often billed as "Ragtime Texas". His style is an early example of what later became known as Texas blues guitar.


Texas Worried Blues: Complete Recorded Works 1927-1929 (2005)