in 2022 In the early 2010s Scott Magee, a Portland-based soul DJ, learned via the owner of
Mississippi Records that Thomaswhose early records he spunstill lived in Portland. Together, Thomas and Magee created Ural Thomas and the Pain, an eight-piece backing band for Thomas's vocals. The band has played in venues as large as the main stage of the
Waterfront Blues Festival. Their third album,
Dancing Dimensions, was released on
Bella Union in June, 2022. == References ==