Elvie Thomas
About the artist
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."
Top songs
- Motherless Child Blues
- 06 - Motherless Child Blues
- Pick Poor Robin Clean
- Over to My House
- Last Kind Words Blues
- Motherless Child Blues - Remastered
- Motherless Child Blues (Pm 12977, L-264-2)
- Skinny Leg Blues
- Motherless Child Blues - Elvie Thomas
- Motherless Child B
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- Motherless Child Blues (Remastered)
- Motherless Child Blues, (1930)
- Motherles Child Blues
- Elvie Thomas American Primitive, Vol. 2 Disc 1 03 Motherless Child Blues Religious
- Motherless Child Blues (1930)
- Motherless Cild Blues
- Eagles On A Half
- Elvie Thomas - Motherless Child Blues
- Elvie Thomas / Motherless Child Blues
- 12 - Motherless Child Blues
- Motherless Child Blues (Alt)
- Over to My House Religious
- Motherless Child Blues Religious
- Elvie Thomas American Primitive, Vol. 2 Disc 2 12 Over to My House Religious
- 22 - Motherless Child Blues - Elvie Thomas
- Motherless Child
- Motherless Child Blues (Geechi
- - Motherless Child B
- Motherless Child Blues - Elvie T...
- 4 - Motherless Child Blues (Pm 12977, L-264-2)
- Pick poor robin clean - 2021 Remastered Version
- Poor Poor Robin Clean
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