IAN THOMAS

In 1973, "Painted Ladies" became an international hit for Ian. 30 years, a Juno award, 3 SOCAN classic awards, a handful of Juno nominations,15 albums and as many top 20 records later, he’s still writing and recording successfully with his internationally acclaimed band, The Boomers.

Ian’s lyrics have been utilized in English text-books and many international artists have had success with Ian Thomas' songs such as Santana, America, Manfred Mann, Chicago, Bette Midler and Anne Murray. Aussie artist Daryl Braithwaite achieved number one down under for 5 weeks with an Ian Thomas song "As The Days Go By" and went top five with another, “All I Do” from the same album. Ian’s songs have been licensed for television uses in programs such WKRP in Cincinnati, Baywatch, Degrassi High and Leap Years and in feature films such as Peter’s Friends, The Philadelphia Experiment, First Born, and Strange Brew.

Ian is also in demand as a film composer and has scored many feature films and TV Movies of the week. To help support his “music habit” Ian has done extensive voice work in cartoons (Ned’s Nute, The Dumb Bunnies) and close to a thousand radio and television commercials as everything from the voice of Snap the Rice Crispy to the voice of the Ontario Lottery Corporation. His television appearances have included roles such as insane Scotsman Duncan McTavish on Supertown Challenge (comedy channel) and regular character Dougie Franklin for six years running on the Red Green Show (CBC/PBS).

There are new challenges afoot with a screenplay, one completed novel, "Bequest" and another under way. Ian lives with his wife of 33 years in the Niagara wine region of Ontario because he likes both wine and his wife.