Earl Thomas Live

Earl Thomas – a twenty first century blues man

Deemed “one of the most important blues artists of this decade” by the Best of Blues Awards, Earl Thomas made his European debut at the renowned Montreux Jazz Festival in 1992. A four time San Diego Music Award winner, he has also taken home some of the highest honors at the Best of Blues Awards, including Best Male Vocal, Best Contemporary Blues Artist, Best Album, and Best Songwriter.

His songs have been covered by icons such as Etta James, Solomon Burke, Screamin’ Jay Hawkins, and Tom Jones, as well as by contemporaries like Janiva Magness, Big Lou Johnson, Tracy Nelson, blues queen Shemekia Copeland and most recently by up and coming British blues rocker Will Wilde. His most recent release Introducing The Blues Ambassadors (2011) peaked at #12 on the Billboard Blues Chart and reached #1 on Sirius XM’s B.B. King's Bluesville.

Earl Thomas considers himself a "21st century bluesman." "The first bluesmen and women were slaves and sharecroppers," he says, "the third were urban factory workers, but the 21st century bluesman is college educated, sophisticated, world traveled, and wears Brooks Brothers…”