Jesse Thomas (musician)’s biography, net worth, fact, career, awards and life story

Intro American Texas blues guitarist and singer
Was Singer 
Guitarist 
From United States of America 
Type Music 
Gender male
Birth 3 February 1911
Death 15 August 1995
(aged 84 years)

Jesse “Babyface” Thomas (February 3, 1911 – August 15, 1995) was an American Texas blues guitarist and singer. Known at different times as “Baby Face” or “Mule”, and occasionally billed as “The Blues Troubadour”, his career performing blues music extended eight decades.

Career

Born in Logansport, Louisiana, United States, Thomas is best known for the song “Blue Goose Blues”, which he recorded for Victor in 1929. He recorded and performed throughout the 1940s and 1950s, based in the Los Angeles area. He recorded for Specialty Records in 1953.

His career spanned over 60 years – in 1994 he appeared at the Long Beach Blues Festival. The Texas bluesman, Ramblin’ Thomas, was his brother, 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.

Discography

  • 1996 Lookin’ for That Woman (Black Top – BT 1128)
  • 2001 Blues Is A Feeling (Delmark)
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