Artist Info: Elvie Thomas

Elvie Thomas (August 7, 1891 - May 20, 1979) was an American country blues singer and guitarist from Houston, Texas. She recorded two known songs ("Motherless Child Blues" and "Over to My House") in Grafton, Wisconsin, for Paramount Records in March 1930, with Geeshie Wiley on second guitar. The two recorded a duet on "Pick Poor Robin Clean" and Thomas also backed Wiley on the other three surviving tracks from the same session, adding her second guitar on "Last Kind Word Blues", "Skinny Leg Blues", and "Eagles on a Half." [read more...]