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Chris Thomas King
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Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Chris Thomas King (born October 14, 1962) is a New Orleans, Louisiana-based blues musician and actor. Description above from the Wikipedia article Chris Thomas King, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
- The Ant And The Grasshopper2013
- Kill Switch — Det. Storm Anderson2008
- Kill Switch — Storm2008
- Ray — Lowell Fulson2004
- The Soul of a Man — Blind Willie Johnson2003
- The Blues — Blind Willie Johnson2003
- O Brother, Where Art Thou? — Tommy Johnson2000
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1962-10-14
Discography
- Cry of the Prophets1990
- Simple1993
- 21st Century Blues… From da ’Hood1994
- Chris Thomas King1997
- Red Mud1998
- Me, My Guitar and the Blues1999
- Act II Revelations: 2000 & Beyond2001
- It's A Cold Ass World - The Beginning2001
- The Legend of Tommy Johnson Act 1: Genesis 1900's-1990's2001
- Dirty South Hip-Hop Blues2002
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- Total plays
- 741,153
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Chris Thomas King (born October 14, 1962 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana) is an American blues musician and actor. He is the son of blues musician Tabby Thomas. In the 2000 movie O' Brother, Where Art Thou?, he played legendary bluesman Tommy Johnson. On the “O Brother…” soundtrack he plays Skip James’ “Hard Time Killing Floor Blues”. In the 2004 movie Ray, he played bandleader Lowell Fulson. He has also appeared in several documentaries about the blues and about music. Website: Chris Thomas King <a
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Chris
- Family name
- King
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Baton Rouge
- Occupation
- multi-instrumentalist
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Genre
- blues
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- Black Top Records
- Official website
- www.christhomasking.com
- Image
- ChrisThomasKingKohSamuiFest2005.jpg
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- English language
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- Chris Thomas King
- date of birth
- 1962-10-14
- start of work period
- 1984-00-00
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