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John Michael Thomas (born December 3, 1949) is an American rock singer. He is best known as one of the lead vocalists of Jefferson Starship and Starship.Prior to joining Jefferson Starship, he was a member of Elvin Bishop's band as a backing and occasional lead vocalist.
"Fooled Around and Fell in Love" is a song written and performed by blues guitarist Elvin Bishop with Mickey Thomas on lead vocals. It appeared on Bishop's 1975 album Struttin' My Stuff, and was released as a single the following year.
Mickey Thomas (who had sung lead on Elvin Bishop's "Fooled Around and Fell in Love") was invited to audition and then joined the group in April 1979. [13] Pete Sears and Craig Chaquico of Jefferson Starship in Central Park in 1981. In 1979, the band released their first album without Marty Balin or Grace Slick, the gold-selling Freedom at Point ...
The recording featured vocalist Mickey Thomas and drummer Donny Baldwin who both later joined Jefferson Starship. [3] During the 1960s and 1970s he recorded for the Fillmore, Epic and Capricorn labels. [3] Bishop performing at the Riverwalk Blues Festival, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, in February 2006. Bishop appeared at the 1984 Long Beach Blues ...
The album accompanying this release contained re-recordings of some of the Starship's biggest hits, songs originally from Thomas's tenure in Jefferson Starship, as well as "Fooled Around and Fell in Love" which Thomas originally sang during his time in the Elvin Bishop Group in 1976. [1] Female vocalist Stephanie Calvert joined the band in 2006 ...
He began playing for Elvin Bishop in 1973, [4] where he worked with his future Jefferson Starship bandmate Mickey Thomas on the hit single "Fooled Around and Fell in Love". [5] When the Elvin Bishop band disbanded, Baldwin joined the Santa Cruz band Snail and gigged around the Bay Area (including a stint with Pablo Cruise) until 1982.
Starship is an American hard rock band from San Francisco, California.Formed as a successor to Jefferson Starship, the group originally featured vocalists Mickey Thomas and Grace Slick, guitarist Craig Chaquico, bassist Pete Sears, drummer Donny Baldwin and keyboardist David Freiberg – all were members of Jefferson Starship until October 1984, when rhythm guitarist and vocalist Paul Kantner ...
For Bishop's second release on Capricorn Records, Juke Joint Jump, Baker had a similarly diminished role, sharing vocals with June Pointer and again with Mickey Thomas. Baker was romantically involved with Bishop, and ultimately ceased working with Bishop in 1974, prior to the 1975 release of Juke Joint Jump , [ 2 ] due to conflicts between ...