John "JT" Thompson grew up in central Pennsylvania, but soon found himself in Louisiana, absorbing bayou culture and playing the Blues in the swamp music dens of Cajun country, the cowboy bars of Texas, and the juke joints of Mississippi.

After a Biloxi hurricane, JT headed to Atlanta, where he continued working up and down the East coast until a mid-life crisis caused him to quit the road, cut his hair, get a real job, and go back to college. He also joined The Atlanta Heat Blues Revue, ...