[1] He was known for musical collaborations and subsequent lawsuits pertaining to musician Brian Wilson, co-founder of the Beach Boys.

[5] Beach Boy Mike Love says it was Thomas who suggested the idea of a country album,[6] and it was released on River North Records, the label he had been running.

[9] Biographer Peter Ames Carlin writes that the "slick sound of Joe's work — and the entree it might allow Brian into the adult contemporary market — was a large part of his appeal [to Wilson's camp].

"[5] The High Llamas' Sean O'Hagan believed: "I don't think Brian really wanted to work with him — but he had no choice, he was being pulled in that direction.

"[10] In 1998, the magazine Uncut wrote: "Brian was being coerced away from [collaborator] Andy Paley (by wife Melinda, according to observers), toward Joe Thomas.

[13] The suit was made after Thomas allegedly began to raise his industry profile and wrongfully enrich himself through his association with Wilson.

[16] In 2012, Thomas returned to co-produce the Beach Boys' Live – The 50th Anniversary Tour, which was widely criticized for its auto-tuned vocals.