Here is an interview i did with Mr.Davis for the Hattiesburg American Online....

Thomas Jackson has been a presence on the Hattiesburg music scene for years.
With a band, he has lived out his boyhood T.Rex fantasies. By himself, he
has continued to hone his songcraft somehow making a new creation within
the same frames that everyone uses, much like the comic strips he once drew.

Like any good songwriter, Jackson experiments with the economy of language.
The fact that he has any number of songs that contain the word "blues" in the
title is not a gimmick, or even a series; it is that common destination where we
all arrive to deal with life's impasses.

Thomas and his Orchestra (Harry Crumpler on bass and Jed Newell on drums)
are recording an album in Memphis, and he took time to
offer a glimpse inside of the process and the future product.

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You've been in Memphis working on a new album. How has that been going? Is it everything you dreamed it would be?......
It's coming along really well.My other records were recorded in two days.

This is the longest I've spent working on a record,so it
takes a little getting used to.

Of course, everyone knows you and everyone knows that you are sort of Hattiesburg's journeyman singer/songwriter. Who are some of the songwriters you look up to? What is the inspiration for your songs?.....
I'm inspired by alot of songwriters.
There are probably to many to mention,but Marc Bolan,all the Beatles,
and Bob Dylan are way up there in the list.
Most of my songs are inspired by crazy women I've dated
and music I've heard and wanted to imulate in some way.
Over the years you have recorded mostly by yourself, but like the TJ4 from a few years ago, you have cycled into having Jed and Harry along for the ride. What brought this about? Has playing shows and recording with them, revitalized you?.......
The musicians I play with now and in the past have contributed quite a bit to my sound.
I play alot of solo acoustic gigs around town to pay the bills.The money spends alot better when you don't have to divide it with band mates.Some people see me with an acoustic guitar and harmonica and assume that's all I'm about.
Jed and I played as a duo for a few years going all over the place, and we went to Harry to record a five song ep.
That's what got the Memphis thing going.
They wanted us to have bass player,and Crump was the best
choice in our eyes.
It has revitalized me a great bit.
We are playing rock n roll now.That's what I always wanted to do.I love those guys.
Your songs seem to chronicle situations and events, yet somehow are universal to everyone. Do you think about writing songs or do they simply write themselves?.....
It's a bit of both.
Some of them just come out of nowhere full blown,others
I labor on for months.
I try to work whole to part,the whole gestalt thing I
learned in from Jim Meade at USM.

You are one of the few performers around here brave enough to hit the road by yourself and play all of these gigs all over the Southeast. What compels you to continue this pursuit? Have you ever just pulled the van over on the side of the road and just played guitar in the van, or maybe even fleshed out an idea for a song?...........
I have written alot of songs on the road,usually in motel rooms.It's good to do that away from home. I wrote a song on the new record called "How I won The War"
while on tour in New York City.
It's not like anything I've ever written.I could have
never written it in Hattiesburg.


What are the details of the recording in Memphis? What song after recording it surprised you the most when it poured out of those speakers?........
We recut "My New Couch" at the request of Ryan Royal.
I didn't want to do it,but it turned out great.
So far we have recorded ten songs.
The five on our recent EP,two from Escalator,and three
new ones.We hope to go back in Febuary and finish recording,
and hopefully get it mixed,mastered, and pressed as soon as possible.

You've toured Europe with Cary Hudson, played solo shows everywhere and even are teaching the next generation guitar, what's next for you and TJO?.....
I'm out for blood.
Just mention something about how great Battlestar Galactica is...
It has consumed many rescent hours of my life.
It is very addictive!

Thanks for answering my silly questions, I hope they turned out alright. Of course, you can ask me all kinds of things anyime.....
Where's the Sex Pistols tape?