Jefferson Thomas

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Some particularly attentive observers have noted that the two most recent live videos were both from last summer’s JT residency at John Scotts, and asked if we got a whole John Scott’s show on video…

I am always playing so damn much that I rarely get to see anyone ELSE play; friends and colleagues as well as living legends. The last concerts I actually got to see were The Black Crowes in 2005 and The…

It brings a huge smile to my face each year when I see that Hess has come out with its new “Hess Truck” for the holidays.  I hope they never stop doing this. 

I was probably nine or ten…

The last thing you expect to hear just after soundcheck somewhere in Denmark is "Hey, JT!" Startled, I turned around and saw familiar faces. It turns out that, this year, some American fans happened to be in Copenhagen when I…

What a great surprise tonight! From out of nowhere I got a video call from halfway around the world. It was Carsten and Gerda, who were partying hard in the wee hours in her bar near Dusseldorf. They just called…

You just never know where music licensing is going to take you. I just received an email from someone who says they love “Jacksonville”.  It seems they came across the song (the original studio verson) in an online virtual-reality fishing…

When you had a gig Friday night in Charlotte and then drove all day Saturday to your gig in DC and now you're driving four hours to New York City and you suddenly realize that you gained an hour overnight…

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Today's jaunt to tonight's gig in Rhode Island is, thankfully, a charter bus affair. Let somebody else drive for a change, while the band has bloody marys and breakfast burritos. 

It also allows me an opportunity to do some…