Gordon Thomas
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- Works
- 80
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- Ruin From The Air
- Pontiff
- El viaje de los malditos
- Tragedy of Travis the Trout
- Reading by Lightning
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Gordon Thomas is a 93-year-old singer/songwriter based in New York City. He has been recording and independently releasing his own music since the late 1960s. Before that, he was a big-band trombonist who worked with many artists including Dizzy Gillespie. Gordon is also an artisan who makes all his own clothes with a needle and thread. His songs – catchy and simple, peculiar and personal – are a kind of musical folk art. For years, Gordon Thomas’ life was a mystery even to his tiny but devoted
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Gordon
- Family name
- Thomas
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Place of birth
- Shipley
- Place of death
- Peterborough
- Occupation
- sport cyclist
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Sport
- cycle sport
- Country for sport
- United Kingdom
- Conflict
- World War II
- Military branch
- British Army
- Image
- Gordon Thomas Receiving the 1953 Tour of Britain Winners Cup.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1921-08-18
- date of death
- 2013-04-10
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- Gordon Thomas
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