By the early 1950s, he played regularly with Muddy Waters, Elmore James and Bo Diddley, and as a solo performer.
[1] After a stint performing in clubs in Wichita, Kansas, where he joined up with Hound Dog Taylor, he travelled to Los Angeles with the idea of emulating the success of Little Richard.
The record has been described as "one of the wildest rock'n'roll discs of all time with Kid Thomas blowing his harmonica and shouting out the lyrics in a frantic frenzy.
[1] Finding little commercial success, Kid Thomas worked as a lawn mowing man in Los Angeles in the latter half of the 1960s.
Kid Thomas died at UCLA Medical Center, Beverly Hills on April 5, 1970.