Anders Thomsen – Honky Tonk Guitar Legend on Blues, Country & Rock | Instagram LIVE | Rugged Revival
In this episode, we sit down with Anders Thomsen – a true American original.A master of honky tonk, blues, country, and roots rock, Anders has spent a lifetime on the road playing everywhere from dive bars to international stages. He’s shared the stage with legends like Chuck Berry, Billy Joe Shaver, Martha Reeves, and Dale Watson, and fronted The Ex-Husbands — twice landing in the Top 10 of the Americana charts.Anders brings gritty storytelling, soulful guitar slinging, and decades of experience to every note. https://bookanders.com/
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Georgia
Purveyor of quality honky-tonk, blues, country and roots rock.
Anders Thomsen has deep roots. This midwestern boy grew up on the music that makes America. The Twang of the Opry on a Saturday night, the Rock n Roll on the stereos in the Chevys and the Fords and the Blues and Soul spilling out of the nightclubs he snuck into. He heard all that and made it his own.
He picked up the heartbreak and the joy of the blues, and matched it with the lonesome, lovelorn hillbilly waltz and powered it all with those rock and roll V-8s.
He got an early start, playing in bars and nightclubs before he was old enough to drive, sometimes even with a note from his mother. He sang, played guitar, played bass and even played the washtub. Anything to get him on stage to learn the craft.
How many miles between then and now?
I’ve played all over the States. Every joint between here and overseas, too. But mostly it’s been the bars and honky-tonks of the good ol’ USA.
I have played with rock and roll legends like Chuck Berry and Sylvain Sylvain, R&B and Blues legends like Martha Reeves and Willie Dixon and country legends like Billy Joe Shaver and Dale Watson. My old band, The Ex-Husbands, has had two albums in the top 10 on the Americana charts!
