Ramblin' Thomas

Ramblin' Thomas: Hard Dallas

by Derek Taylor
April 1, 2001

True to his ascribed moniker Ramblin’ Thomas was prone to riding the rails and wandering the back roads of rural America. At various points during his peregrinations he let the dust behind his feet settled long enough in urban areas to record the lasting sides gathered on this recent Catfish compilation. Unfortunately as fate would have it the recording contract he eventually secured was with Paramount (through a friendship with Blind Lemon Jefferson). Paramount’s recording practices and materials were the ...