{"id":17477,"date":"2019-05-12T22:12:50","date_gmt":"2019-05-12T22:12:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.svalbardblues.com\/dsb\/artists\/earl-thomas-us\/"},"modified":"2019-09-25T20:56:31","modified_gmt":"2019-09-25T20:56:31","slug":"earl-thomas-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.svalbardblues.com\/en\/dsb\/artists\/earl-thomas-us\/","title":{"rendered":"Earl Thomas (US)"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"17477\" class=\"elementor elementor-17477 elementor-16972\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4c09ddd8 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4c09ddd8\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4b543d11\" data-id=\"4b543d11\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-503dc17d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"503dc17d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Earl Thomas is an American blues and soul vocalist and songwriter. He has played several times in Norway with good success, and with his soulful voice and pleasant nature he earned the public&#8217;s favours. His songs are also recorded by artists such as Tom Jones, Etta James and Solomon Burke.<\/p>\n<p>Thomas decided to follow the dream of becoming a singer after surviving a nasty fall accident. Nine years later, in 1991, he debuted with the album &#8220;Blue\u2026 Not Blues&#8221;. His passion for blues and soul has been noticed, and he has been nominated twice for the Grammy Award. Earl Thomas has played at festivals and toured both the US and England. 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