
Pat Thomas hails from Leland , Missisippi . That's on Highway 61 south of Clarksdale between Greenville and Indianola. His pop was the late artist /musician James " Son " Thomas. Pat, an artist /musician like his father, has a lovely soulful high lonesome voice that sails somewhere near Skip James at times and falls to John Lee Hooker's earth at others. Mr. Thomas has a fine, thoughtful, economic, and powerful acoustic guitar sound (though he plays electric on two tracks on His Father's Son ). Although most of Pat's repertoire comes [...]