Crystal Thomas: The Truth of Music

Crystal Thomas using her voice as a positive influence and as encouragement. She enjoys lifting people up to be better, love better, and live better. Crystal Thomas is big and she’s bluesy, and raw. She can grind a note and use it any way she wants. After all, she grew up listening to Muddy and Jimmy Reed and Johnnie Taylor and rapped, too. Gritty music is in her blood. She sang before she talked. She belts it out in church, in juke joints, wowing the crowds in Hong Kong, Japan and Europe.

This woman sings with the kind of raw emotion that makes you glad you are alive – even if life it tough. Crystal is the real deal. She can tell you about growing up in Mansfield, Louisiana in the deep country. She remembers playing DJ while her family played cards and picking up the trombone in fifth grade because her brother had it and her mom didn’t want to purchase another instrument. 

Her new album “NOW DIG THIS (2021) by Dialtone Records pairs Crystal with a super-star band that includes Lucky Peterson on keys allows her to lean into the mic and sing. Lucky’s played with everyone – Otis Rush, Etta James, Bobby Bland. Johnny and Jason Moeller offer up guitar and drums – Johnny finding time between tours with the Thunderbirds and Jason with the cred that comes from backing artists from the Thunderbirds to Jewel Brown and Little Joe Washington. The big round sound bass player extraordinaire, Chuck Rainey – think Aretha, Fats Domino, Barbara Streisand, and hundreds more. Crystal Thomas’ songs are heartfelt, soulful arrangements that whet the appetite for more. Like a good gumbo, Crystal Thomas has all the right ingredients to feed your soul. Louisiana-born Crystal « Country Girl » Thomas travels all over the world to perform in many venues. She easily relates to other cultures and her music is universally embraced by all.

Line Up:
Luca GIORDANO (Italie) → Guitar & Voc
Victor PUERTAS (Espagne) → Keyboard / Hca & Vocals
Antoine ESCALIER → Bass + Vocals
Pascal DELMAS → Drums

Crystal Thomas creció en Mansfield, Luisiana, escuchando a Muddy Waters, Jimmy Reed y Johnnie Taylor.
Cantaba antes de hablar, en la iglesia, en su comunidad y más tarde en juke joints.
Empezó a tocar el trombón a una edad muy temprana porque su hermano lo tocaba y era el único instrumento disponible en casa.

Canta con un fervor y una crudeza que hacen que uno se alegre de estar vivo, y cautiva a multitudes en Hong Kong, Japón y Europa.
Su último álbum, a nugget, se grabó con un reparto increíble: Lucky Peterson al órgano, Chuck Rainey al bajo, Jason Moeller a la batería y Johnny Moeller a la guitarra (The Fabulous Thunderbirds) y se publica en el sello Dialtone Records de Austin.

Crystal Thomas es una artista prometedora que aún no se ha hecho un nombre en Francia, a pesar de haber ganado el prestigioso « Living Blues Award » en 2020.
Estará acompañada por algunos de los mejores músicos de blues de Europa:
Luca GIORDANO (Italia) → Guitarra y voz
Victor PUERTAS (España) → Teclado + coros
Antoine ESCALIER → Bajo y coros
Pascal DELMAS → Batería