Chris Thomas King
Chris Thomas King (born October 14, 1962) is an American New Orleans, Louisiana-based blues musician and actor.
History
King was born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States. He is the son of blues musician Tabby Thomas. He has won awards including "Album of the Year" for both Grammy Award and Country Music Awards. King has sold more than 10 million records in the United States. He is featured playing the part of Tommy Johnson in the Coen brothers' 2000 film O Brother, Where Art Thou?. He is also featured in Down From the Mountain and More Music From Ray soundtracks.
Artistic career
King is known as the pioneer of rap/blues fusion. He conceived the first sample-based blues concept album in the early 1990s by writing and producing the first all-rap/blues album for RCA Records titled 21st Century Blues… From Da Hood.
As an entrepreneur King took control of his master recordings in the early 1990s, forming 21st Century Blues Records. He also established a publishing company, Young Blues Rebel, LLC. 21st Century Records signed the New Orleans Ninth Ward rap/blues duo the 21C-B-Boyz and the London, England-based NuBlues, to 21st Century Blues Records in 2003.
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ALBUMS
- Bona Fide released: 2012
- Live on Beale Street released: 2008
- Rise released: 2006
- Red Mud Sessions released: 2005
- Why My Guitar Screams & Moans released: 2004
- The Roots: The Soul of Chris Thomas King released: 2003
- A Young Man's Blues released: 2002
- Dirty South Hip-Hop Blues released: 2002
- Act II Revelations: 2000 & Beyond released: 2001
- Me, My Guitar and the Blues released: 1999
- Chris Thomas King released: 1997
- 21st Century Blues... From Da 'Hood released: 1995
- Cry of the Prophets released: 1990
- Along the Blues Highway released:
- The Legend of Tommy Johnson released:
The Roots: The Soul of Chris Thomas King
Released 2003- Hard Time Killing Floor
- Cypress Grove
- John Law Burned Down The Liquor Sto'
- O Brother, Where Art Thou?
- Come On In My Kitchen
- Watermelon Man
- Trouble Soon Will Be Over
- Dark Clouds
- If I Had Possession Over Judgment Day
- Death Letter Blues
- Sinking Feelin'
- Canned Heat Blues
- Southern Chicks Blues
- Rock Island Line
- Midnight Special
- Martha's Blues
- Cotton Fields
- C.C. Rider
- Raining Angels
Dirty South Hip-Hop Blues
Released 2002- Cloning Overture
- Welcome to Da Jungle
- Yo Kiss
- Ghetto Child, You're Not Alone
- Feel Me
- Da Thrill Is Gone From Here
- Tha Real
- Fruit
- Mississippi KKKrosroads
- Revelations
- Ghetto Life
- Hard Time Killing Floor Blues
- Poetry of Young Bill
- 911 Interlude
- Gonna Take a Miracle
- Give Me a Chance
- Dirty South Chicken Heads
- Southern Chicks Blues
- Southern Chicks
- N Word Rap
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Why My Guitar Screams & Moans
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Just a young boy in a small town
With a big dream gonna be the king
Gonna be cool gonna be hot
No more school sitting on top
Play guitar gonna play loud
Join a band make mama proud
Gonna be up up on stage
Rock and roll star Hollywood made
Wild child what you want?
To be a star
Wanna get wild, wild wild,
Wild, wild, wild, wild, wild
American Idol American dream
Making the band Gonna bling bling
Johnny be good Start a new fad
Tabloid sex when Johnny be bad
Name in lights futures so bright
Say I’m Gonna burn out but that’s alright
Behind the scenes behind the greed
15 minutes is all I need
On the road on the town
Limousines making the scene
Living the life up all night
Hanging back stage have it your way
Buy a big house never go home
On the cover of rolling stone
Anything you want love is free
Heavy rotation MTV
Wild child what you want?
To be a star
Wanna get wild, wild wild,
Wild, wild, wild, wild, wild
Wild child what you want?
To be a star
Wanna get wild, wild wild,
Wild, wild, wild, wild, wild
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