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Craig Thomas

About Me

Musician for the long haul....playing and singing everything but with Soul on Top....singing since I could talk....started on clarinet with the intent of playing saxophone later....got a flute in college.....played my older brother's guitar(he never played it!).....moved to SoCali......Worked with Jorge Strunz.....Arne Frager.....David Carlyle Smith....Dennis Edwards...Johnny Rayford and Joe Banks of the Watts 103rd Street....Jim Messina......Mike Love.....Temptations...Four Tops.....Captain and Tennille.....Peter Wolf......Narada Michael Walden....Larry Graham.....Aretha Franklin......Carleen Anderson....Kurt McGettrick....Clarence Clemons......Walter Afanasief.....Preston and Alan Glass......Jermaine Jackson.....Ali Woodson......Les McCann.....Tom Jones......Warren Hill....Johnny Mathis......Smokey Robinson.......Donna Summer...the Stylistics.....Freda Payne.....just to name a few!

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 1/27/2008
Band Website: You’re on it!
Band Members: I'm currently performing jazz standards, blues and pop chestnuts in my own style with Mitch Holder on guitar and Domenic Genova on acoustic bass. We play at the Sidecar in Ventura, CA the first Tuesday of every month. Update: That legendary blues band from north of Los Angeles, the R&B Bombers, has released a self-titled CD. It includes the eleven tunes released on vinyl only, with three additional tunes that could not be included on a vinyl recording because of time limitations. Look for performances listed here and on the R&B Bombers' MySpace page, myspace.com/rbbombers and at http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/rbbombers
Influences: in some kind of chronological order, Little Richard, Elvis Presley, the Rockin Rebels, the Flamingos, Buddy Holly, Booker T. Jones, James Brown, Junior Walker, Smokey Robinson, Otis Redding, King Curtis, Joni Mitchell, Jimmy Smith, David Ruffin, Eddie Kendricks, Wilson Pickett, Marvin Gaye, Paul McCartney, John Lennon, Jimi Hendrix, Stevie Wonder, Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock, Edgar Winter, Frank Zappa, Aretha Franklin, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Michael Brecker, David Sanborn, Ray Charles, Stanley Turrentine, Bill Champlin, Michael McDonald, Eddie Daniels, Al Jarreau, Kurt Elling, wow, I should stop, this list is getting too long!
Sounds Like: Yeah, Right!
Record Label: Are record companies still relevant?

My Blog

"City Teacher" Soundtrack from Expansion Records

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9LkY3eRhwo
Posted by on Sat, 26 Apr 2008 00:28:00 GMT

This Sunday, the Blues in Ventura, CA

The legendary group, the R&B Bombers will make an unprecedented appearance this Sunday, April 27th, at the notorious Bombay Bar and Grill in downtown Ventura, CA. Early show at 4:00, later shows ...
Posted by on Fri, 25 Apr 2008 18:00:00 GMT