Mickey Thomas

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John Michael Thomas aka Mickey Thomas (born December 3, 1949, Cairo, Georgia) is an American singer, formally the lead singer of Starship. He was inspired to take part in music after seeing a Beatles performance in 1965. He travelled to Atlanta with long time childhood friends Charles Connell, Lewis Oliver, Tommy Verran, and Walter Wight. Thomas, Connell, and Verran wound up in their first rock and roll band together. Verran was the lead singer at the time. They split up to go to different colleges but later reformed in the early 1970s along with friend Bud Thomas as the "Jets". While singing lead for the Jets in 1974, Thomas joined the Elvin Bishop Group as a harmony singer and eventually made it to lead vocals. His best known achievement was singing on Elvin Bishop's chart hit 'Fooled Around And Fell In Love', a #3 single in 1976. He recorded the solo album As Long as You Love Me in 1976. In April 1979, Thomas was asked to join Jefferson Starship, after the departure of Marty Balin and Grace Slick.[1] In 1981 he recorded his second solo album Alive Alone. Former Elvin Bishop Group drummer Donny Baldwin became Starship's drummer two years later when Aynsley Dunbar left. He spent most of the early eighties as the main vocalist of Jefferson Starship, performing several duets with Slick (who rejoined in 1981) and gaining greater influence in the band. After Paul Kantner left in 1984, Thomas was sole leader of the band. From 1985-1989 the newly dubbed 'Starship' scored some

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Marauder

Alive Alone

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A Tribute To Queen

Dream A Little Dream

Songs of the Century - An All-Star Tribute to Supertramp

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Covered In Classic Rock - Rock Legends

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A Very '80s Christmas

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A Salute To Aerosmith

Stone Cold Queen (Tribute)

A Classic Christmas

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Songs of the Century - An All-Star Tribute to Supertramp (Deluxe Edition)

Keep Calm And Salute Queen

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