Hociel Thomas
Hociel Thomas
Top Songs
| 1 | Fish Tail Dance | ||
| 2 | Worried Down with the Blues | ||
| 3 | Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out | ||
| 4 | Tebo's Texas Boogie | ||
| 5 | Barrel House Man |
Albums
May 2015 • 10 songs
Jul 2005 • 25 songs
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Biography
Singer and pianist Hociel Thomas (married name "Tebo") was a member of the Houston, Texas-based Thomas family. Her father was George W. Thomas, who made the first boogie-woogie solo on records, "The Rocks," for Okeh in October, 1923. Hociel Thomas' nephew was pianist and bandleader Hersal Thomas, composer of the popular "Suitcase Blues." Hociel Thomas' aunt was blues legend Sippie Wallace. You might conclude that her fortune would have been easily made, given her royal family connections. On the contrary, her career was marked by unimaginable personal tragedies and her work is...