Henry Thomas (1874-1930?) alias Ragtime Taxas er et program om en førstegenerations blues-mand. Han var sanger, sangskriver, guitarist, og så blæste han på quills, som er en slags panfløjte. Thomas var en hobo, han rejste rundt som blind passager, mest på godstog og for det meste i sydstaterne i USA. Et par af Thomas numre er i dag blues klassikere.
Programmet præsenteres af radiovært Kay Seitzmayer og blev sendt på Radio Jazz i 1999.
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Henry Thomas (1874-1930?) alias Ragtime Taxas is a broadcast about one of the first generation blues men. He was a singer, songwriter, guitar player, and then he played the quills, which is a kind of pan flute. Thomas was a hobo, he travelled as a blind passenger on trains and mainly in the southern US.
The radiohost Kay Seitzmayer tells his story and plays his music. Some of the tunes are today blues classics.
It was broadcasted on Radio Jazz in 1999.
You may see more of Radio Jazz here: www.radiojazz.dk