Holla At Ya Boy Records
Have you performed live in front of an audience? Any special memories?
From Jazz to Reggae and rhythmn and blues,from gospel to country and hip-hop, drummer Chris Thomas is experienced in all musical styles. Chris can lay down a hard-hitting groove right in the pocket. This polished Jamaican drummer schooled in London England, backed such reggae stars as Coco-Tea, Yellowman, Lieutenant Stitchie, Admiral Bailey, and many others with the band "Trevor and the Keystones", based in New Jersey. Other notable performances include:"Hot Streak Band", Easy Street recording artist who had a hit single called "Body Work".
* Recorded Gospel album with Robert Banks at the Platinum Factory N.Y.C.
* Performed in numerous gospel groups and Off Broadway Plays
* Played with Jahmanla Reggae band in San Antonio, shared the stage with the Killer Bees, Wailing Souls, Jimmy Cliff, Itals, Big Mountain and Mutabaruka.
* Played with Ras recording artist the "Buffalo Soldiers"
* Freelanced with San Antonio's premiere reggae band "One Destiny"
* Performed workshops with San Antonio Gospel Award winners Dr. Gary Givens and JC Edwards.
* Played with local churches "Reedeming Grace Baptist" and "New St. Mark Baptist and others.
Chris formed his own reggae band, the Posse regarded as the hottest reggae band in San Antoino. The Posse has worked with the city of San Antonio during Brown Bag Days and the Juneteenth Festival, which was sponsored by the SA Express News. Chis Tom Tom Thomas have performed on several colleges campus's including Palo Alto College Festival, Incarnate Word and Black History Month at San Antonio College.
What equipment do you use?
Cubase VST, Wavelab, Sonic Foundry Plugins,Waves for mastering,Mackie Monitors,Numark turntable,AKG 400B Microphone,M-Audio keyboards,Summit Audio Pre-Amp, plus a million plugins!!
Anything else?
Graduated from Wayland Baptist University, with a Bachelors degree in Business Administration.
