The road that lead Guthrie Thomas straight into the heart of the major, music industry swamps began in 1973 with a far-fetched story, a Volkswagen van, and a cup of coffee with one of the great folk raconteurs of all time, Ramblin' Jack Elliott...
Now, 33 Albums and CD's, and twenty-eight years later, Guthrie maintains, without hesitation, that he would most likely be a fry cook flipping eggs in some slop diner, or teaching cardiopulmonary pharmacology at some Midwestern University if Ramblin' Jack had not needed a ride to San Francisco..."OF course, along the crooked road leading into the music Industry there were many helping hands, Hoyt Axton, Arlo Guthrie, Richard Starkey, Ray Gideon," But.."Credit where credit is due," Thomas explains,.."There is no doubt that Jack Elliott initially started my career in music. If you want to be one of the best, you have to learn from one of the best..."