Pat Thomas (musician)
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Pat Thomas in 2011 at the Experience Music Project Pop Conference
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| Birth name | Patrick O'Hearn Thomas |
| Born | April 6, 1964 |
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| Instruments | Drums |
| Years active | 1980s-present |
| Website | roomonetwofour |
Pat Thomas is a San Francisco-based musician, music journalist and producer of music reissues.
Pat Thomas was the founder in 1988 of Heyday Records. He later moved on to Water Records, and currently produces reissues at Omnivore Recordings.
Heyday Records leveraged the commercial success of Paisley Underground bands as a springboard for new artists who captured the flavor of the 1960s American and British folk scene, particularly local San Francisco artists such as Barbara Manning. Thomas also made pilgrimages to England, tracking down musical artists of the 1960s such as the Incredible String Band, Pentangle, Fairport Convention, Shirley Collins, Davey Graham, and Wizz Jones, before most had any of their music reissued on CD. While living in Germany for two years in the early 1990s, Thomas also promoted artists for Heyday and other labels.
His credits as a producer of reissue recordings also include albums by Aretha Franklin, Dusty Springfield, Television, and for Omnivore, artists such as Game Theory.
Thomas is the author of the book Listen, Whitey: The Sights and Sounds of Black Power, a 2012 work of African-American cultural history centering on the Black Panther Party, with a concurrently released CD and double LP recording of speeches and protest songs.
He is also known for his work as a music critic, and editor of Ptolemaic Terrascope.
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