voc, g, US, Houston
Singer / Musician / Songwriter
A.k.a. L.V. Thomas
L.V. Thomas, née L.V. Grant and better known as Elvie Thomas, was an American country blues singer and guitarist from Houston, Texas. She recorded two songs issued by Paramount Records, "Motherless Child Blues" and "Over to My House", with Geeshie Wiley on second guitar, in March 1930. The two recorded a duet, "Pick Poor Robin Clean", for Paramount in 1931, and Thomas also backed Wiley on the three other surviving tracks from these recording sessions, playing second guitar on Wiley's "Last Kind Words Blues", "Skinny Leg Blues", and "Eagles on a Half."