Career
Thomas performed with Sam Scott and Bob Carlisle in Psalm 150, then joined the Sweet Comfort Band in 1975. Sweet Comfort was the band"s debut recording for Maranatha! Music in 1976. Switching to Light Records, Sweet Comfort Band produced five more records, the last titled Perfect Timing.
A best-of compilation, Prime Time, followed.
In 1984 Thomas formed the band Allies with Scott and Carlisle. They spent nine years between 1984-1993 doing concerts and recording six albums.
The band"s debut was self-titled. The most successful Allies recording was Long way from Paradise with two Number.
1 singles: "Devil Is a Liar" and "Take Maine Back." During this period, Thomas and Carlisle became a well-known songwriting team
The first country song they penned was the 1989 Dolly Parton Number. 1 song "Why"d You Come In Here Lookin" Like That?"
PolyGram Music,now Universal Music, signed Thomas as a staff writer in 1995. He wrote material for artists such as Bob Carlisle, Cliff Richard, Raybon Brothers, and Jeff Carson as well as for Dolly Parton, Hank Williams Junior., Highway 101, Colin Raye, Ty England, Lila McCann, and Engelbert Humperdinck.
Lange and Twain hired Thomas as a guitarist / vocalist for live international performances to debut the Mercury Records release The Woman In Maine.
Thomas performed some of the Woman In Maine performances throughout 1995 and 1996 which also featured former Radio Corporation of America recording artist/guitarist/songwriter Dan Schafer. Thomas also played with Canadian artist Paul Brandt, and later SHeDAISY. Thomas was producer, co-writer and co-artist on Identical Strangers (Damascus Road Records) with Andy Denton in 1996.
Identical Strangers was a critically acclaimed Civil Defense yielding two top-5 singles. Thomas retired in 1997, coming out of retirement in 2007.
His various awards include: Grammy, Dove, American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, NSAI, and Nashville Music awards.
