Tabby Thomas
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Tabby Thomas (born Ernest Joseph Thomas, January 5, 1929; also known as Rockin' Tabby Thomas) is an American blues musician from Baton Rouge, Louisiana. He sings and plays the piano and guitar, and specializes in a substyle of blues indigenous to southern Louisiana called "swamp blues."
Thomas is the best known blues musician in Baton Rouge and has operated his own blues club there, called Tabby's Blues Box and Heritage Hall, since the late 1970s. Among his seven children is the noted blues musician Chris Thomas King.
Tabby Thomas had a stroke in 2004, which affected his playing but not his singing.[link]
External links
- [All-Music Guide entry for Tabby Thomas]
- [Tabby Thomas interview] by Nick Spitzer, from American Routes radio program, June 2006
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