RARE RAMBLIN' THOMAS 78 " SAWMILL MOAN / RAMBLIN' MAD BLUES " US PARAMOUNT 12616
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A VERY RARE PARAMOUNT BLUES 78 FROM
RAMBLIN' THOMAS
SAWMILL MOAN
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b/w RAMBLIN' MAD BLUES
Audio file :- https://clyp.it/user/cg4g2aqg
Ramblin' Thomas (1902–1945) was an American blues singer, guitarist and songwriter. He was the brother of another blues musician, Jesse Thomas. Thomas is best remembered for his slide guitar playing, and recording several pieces in the late 1920s and early 1930s. Blues scholars seem undecided if Thomas's nickname of Ramblin' was in reference to his style of playing, or itinerant nature
Willard Thomas was born in Logansport, Louisiana, one of nine children. His father played the fiddle, and three brothers Joe L., Jesse, and Willard learnt to play the guitar, with Willard particularly practising slide guitar techniques. The Thomas clan were sons of an old-time fiddler and were raised in Louisiana close to the Texas border. The boys got into playing guitar after looking with admiration at various models in a Sears catalog. Jesse Thomas has recalled that the mail-order guitar purchased by his brother, Willard Ramblin’ Thomas, came equipped with a metal bar for playing slide; indicating the tremendous popularity of country blues at the time or the possibility that someone at Sears knew the guitar was headed into the arms of a Southern bluesman.
Thomas relocated to Deep Ellum, Dallas, Texas in the late 1920s, and was influenced by the playing of Lonnie Johnson. He performed in San Antonio, Oklahoma and possibly St. Louis, Missouri in his subsequent travels. Thomas recorded in both Dallas and Chicago between 1928 and 1932, for Paramount Records and Victor Records.
Thomas reportedly died of tuberculosis in 1945 in Memphis, Tennessee.
DISC DETAILS:-
USA PARAMOUNT 12616 10" 78rpm SHELLAC
CONDITION - For a paramount 78 - this is not at all bad!
A SIDE: Surface is generally pretty good with some scratches and marks but nothing major - track is noisy at the start - listen to the sound file - There is a tiny rim chip just on the edge nowhere near the playing area
B SIDE: Again noisy at the very start, but general surface is good. However, there is one scratch and one dig about 60% of the way in both of which give audible clicks and may also cause a skip on some systems - again please listen to the sound file. The flaws can be seen on the photo scan
TWO GREAT SIDES ON THIS RARE BLUES 78!
DON'T REGRET MISSING IT
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