James "Son" Thomas has been played on NTS shows including Rough Version, with Dust My Broom first played on 16 August 2018.

Blues music is a true expression of folk art, but in the case of James "Son" Thomas, it was only one form of his creative genius that helped him gain recognition. The Blues were always present in his life, but it wasn't until his "discovery" in the mid-1960's by William Ferris that they truly became central to his financial income. Ferris' documentations of Thomas' life in both book and on film helped to gain him worldwide attention which took…