Don’t miss Earl Thomas and the Gospel Ambassadors!

Performing in the Guggenheim Theatre at Park & Market

Earl Thomas’ latest production, after a three-year hiatus, is all vintage gospel or what the singer says is “The music I was meant to do.” His mother always said that he was a gospel singer and now he is finally performing songs that have been, for decades, the soundtrack of African American culture and history and the backbone of the blues. Earl says: “These songs stand for our struggle, our pain, our strength, our hope, our perseverance, our triumph, and our joy.”

As a self-professed griot, Earl Thomas maintains the African tradition of oral history through music. As a singer songwriter, his music – deeply rooted in the blues and gospel – is infused with contemporary sensibilities of rock, soul, and rhythm & blues. And, as a purveyor of African American tradition and culture, his is a potent mix of the traditional and contemporary, expressed in an impressive music catalogue and a vibrant 30 year career in music. With all that he has accomplished, it’s ironic that Earl Thomas stumbled into the music industry by accident.

He was born into a musical family in rural Tennessee and grew up in a house brimming with music; his father was a bluesman and his mother was a gospel singer so music is in his veins.

“With his dynamic band and stunning backing vocalists, Earl Thomas brings a tent revival on stage! A high spirit, roof raising, foot stomping, hand clapping, get up and dance in the aisles gospel show that cannot be ignored,” says London’s Time Out.

Sunday, April, 7
5:00-7:00 p.m.

The Guggenheim Theatre
Park & Market
1100 Market St.
San Diego