Bull Doze Blues CD

Henry "Rag Time Texas" Thomas
Bull Doze Blues CD

Very little is known about Henry "Rag Time Texas" Thomas, yet his recorded legacy remains a wholly unique body of work.
He operated as a one-man band, accompanying himself on guitar and reeds/pan pipes - known as quills - which he played from a rack strapped around his neck.
The quills, combined with his strummed guitar, played in the style of a banjo, created one of the most memorable sounds in American Roots music.
One of the oldest Bluesmen captured on record - certainly, one of the very few who’d been playing in the 19th Century - Thomas was in his fifties when he made these recordings.
His quills intro on Bull Doze Blues was instantly identifiable when Canned Heat recycled it forty years later in Going Up Country.