His roots and possible inspiration

Jesse Thomas was born in Logansport, Louisiana. Not much is known of his family apart from his brother whom you might have heard of. Willard “Rambling” Thomas was Jesse Thomas’s brother and also a bluesman. It is propagated that it was his older brother’s love for music that inspired Jesse to get into blues music.

The brothers had also performed together in the town of Louisiana before they moved to different cities seeking greener pastures.

His Career

A testimony of his talent, one of the first songs that he recorded came to be the song that he was most famous for. At the age of 18, he recorded his first single under the Victor Talking Machine Company for Bessie Tucker. Bessie must have taken a liking to him as he was called back to do another two sessions. He drew the attention of a major label company and you would have thought that this was his rise to stardom. But this was not to be the case.

Jesse disappeared from the music scene. He wasn’t to be seen at recording studios for quite some time. At this time, there were many variants of jazz and black music. Blues music seemed to be lost. But “Babyface” remained loyal.

He resurfaced in the early 1940s in Los Angeles. He worked here and there, partnering up with different bands and musicians. Thomas worked in a band, accompanying Lonnie Lyons and Lloyd Glenn. He also accompanied famous saxmen Sam Williams and Conrad Johnson.

As he later grew into his career, Jesse’s sound changed. It must have been the influence of other musicians. He ventured from a pure blues feel to a more R&B sound. He would also dabble into some rock&roll. His versatility might have hurt him in the long run. In terms of commercial success, Jesse Thomas would never be considered among the who is who. But he definitely had a contribution to the blues music world.

His Later Days

Jesse Thomas was always a Louisiana man, through and through. He had built a beautiful home in Shreveport. It was here that he spent most of his post-recording days. He was rarely seen in public. One of the latest sightings of the legend was at the Long Beach Blues Festival in 1994. And a year later, he died peacefully at the age of 84.

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Jesse Thomas is originally from Kentucky, and currently based in Los Angeles. Her first full-length album, entitled War Dancer, released on Valentine’s Day (February 14) 2012, peaked at number four on iTunes Singer/Songwriter charts and charted on Billboard at No.25 on “Heatseekers” and No.16 on the folk charts.

On May 13, 2014 Jesse Thomas released her second full-length album Burn the Boats.

On November 13, 2016 Jesse Thomas signed to Warner Chappell Publishing.

You can listen to Jesse Thomas’ most beautiful music on soundcloud:

https://soundcloud.com/iamjessethomas.

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