Pikesville Tennesse born, Earl Thomas is a California based singer, who records for Memphis Int'l Records.

In 1994 Etta James recorded Thomas' song "I Sing The Blues" at the urging of famed producer Jerry Wexler who'd obtained a copy of Thomas self released 1991 debut disc "Blue...Not Blues".

Thomas considers himself a song stylist, and despite being deeply influenced by the delta blues, and old Stax soul sounds, in interviews and bios Thomas eschews the label of soul or blues singer.

He's as comfortable performing material by southern soul staples like Otis Redding, Wilson Pickett and Howard Tate material as he is with rock artists like T-Rex or Bob Seger. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.