Genres Blues Years active 1995–present | Name Josh Thomas | |
Occupation(s) Singer, guitarist, songwriter Labels CAAMA MusicFestival Mushroom Records Associated acts ThylacineCold Turkey Blues BandYo Jo Duo Website www.joshthomasmusic.com | ||
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Josh Thomas is an Australian born blues guitarist born in the early 1970s in Adelaide, South Australia. His family comes from the Northern Territory's Barkly Tablelands. His parents were from the stolen generation.
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In the 1990s he was a member of Thylacine, who released two albums through CAAMA music, Thylacine Live (1995) and Nightmare Dreaming (1997). In 1998 he won Triple J's Unearthed competition. He played guitars on the 2005 Australian Songwriters Association (ASA)'s 'Songwriter of the Year' award winning, "Someone Special" by Worldfly. Thomas is contracted to two record labels CAAMA Music and Festival Mushroom Records.
In 2009 Thomas supported blues legend Eric Bibb at the Darwin Entertainment Centre. In 2010 he headlined the Darwin Blues Festival, with his Jimi Hendrix tribute band Purple Daze. He also performed at the 2011 Darwin Blues Festival with his band Cold Turkey.
2012 played lead guitar for Big BIll Morgafield (son of Muddy Waters) Australian performance...
Albums
Thylacine live (1995) Nightmare Dreaming (1996)