Artist description Influenced by 50's and 60's music, Thomas Blackmon creates instrumental and lyrical songs that take you back to a simpler time. His music relects the many styles that arrived from the last 50 years with his instrumental CD, Lost in Space, followed by his most recent release Firstfruits, that tell of his spirtual journey through Christ.

Music Style Country Blues

Musical Influences Bob Dylan, Elvis, Stones, Beatles

Artist History I was born in Jackson, Tennessee in 1949. I spent all of my school years here. From an early age I remember sitting with my parents watching Lawrence Welk. This was before the Beatles, Stones, and Animals. It didn’t matter that it wasn’t rock and roll, I just enjoyed the music, not to mention the Lennon Sisters. I also remember waiting for my brother, who was ten years older, to leave the house so I could play his old 45's. He had a good collection of ‘fifties’ songs, mostly by black groups. I remember such songs as “Everybody’s Talkin’ Bout The Jones Girl” and “Yo’ Cash Aint Nutin But Trash”. Needless to say I was soaking up everything I could listen to. I even had a healthy respect for ‘thirties’ and ‘forties’ music. I loved “The Impressions”, “The Temptations”, “The Supremes”, Joe Tex, Lou Rawls, etc., etc. Probably the first song that showed an alternative direction for me was “Telstar”. Then came the English invasion, if you will. You bet, I was into all of it. Bob Dylan through “The Allman Brothers”, it didn’t matter if it was folk, blues, rock, or soul-I had to have music.

Group Members Thomas Blackmon, George Hickerson, Joshua Hickerson

Instruments Guitar, Keyboard, Songwriter, Singer

Albums Lost in Space, Firstfruits

Location Jackson, Tennessee - USA

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