Willard "Ramblin'" Thomas (1901 or 1902 – 1944 or 1945)[1][2] was an American country blues singer, guitarist and songwriter.
[3] He is best remembered for his slide guitar playing and for several recordings he made in the late 1920s and early 1930s.
[4] Blues scholars seem undecided if his nickname referred to his style of playing or to his itinerant nature.
His father played the fiddle, and Willard and his brothers Joe L. and Jesse learned to play the guitar, with Willard particularly practicing slide guitar techniques.
[6] He performed in San Antonio, Oklahoma and possibly St. Louis, Missouri, in his subsequent travels.