Rambling Thomas
Willard "Ramblin'" Thomas (1901 or 1902 – 1944 or 1945) was an American country blues singer, guitarist and songwriter. He is best remembered for his slide guitar playing and for several recordings he made in the late 1920s and early 1930s. Blues scholars seem undecided if his nickname referred to his style of playing or to his itinerant nature. He was the brother of the blues musician Jesse Thomas. |
Birth and Death Data: Born 1902 (Logansport), Died 1945 (Memphis)
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1932
Roles Represented in DAHR: vocalist, guitar
Notes: Name also appears as Ramblin' Thomas.
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Recordings
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Victor | BVE-70666 | 10-in. | 2/9/1932 | Ground hog blues | Rambling Thomas | Male vocal solo, with guitar | instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist | |
Victor | BVE-70667 | 10-in. | 2/9/1932 | Shake it gal | Rambling Thomas | Male vocal solo, with guitar | instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist | |
Victor | BVE-70668 | 10-in. | 2/9/1932 | Ground hog blues, no. 2 | Rambling Thomas | Male vocal solo, with guitar | instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist | |
Victor | BVE-70669 | 10-in. | 2/9/1932 | Little old mamma blues | Rambling Thomas | Male vocal solo, with guitar | instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Thomas, Rambling," accessed November 1, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/106347.
Thomas, Rambling. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 1, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/106347.
"Thomas, Rambling." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 1 November 2024.
DAHR Persistent Identifier
Linked Open Data Sources
LCNAR: Thomas, Willard - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n91069576
Wikidata: Ramblin’ Thomas - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q7289240
VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/17408669
MusicBrainz: Ramblin’ Thomas - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/ba8a0396-f8dc-47f6-b6a2-d1931eaac0e3
ISNI: 0000 0000 2831 4942 - http://www.isni.org/isni/0000000028314942
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