You awaken to headlights shining in your bedroom window in the middle of the night. You hear the familiar bang of an amp against the screen door, followed by a string of four-letter words. “Good,” you think to yourself, “he made it home again.” By the time you hit junior high, you’ve already seen the old man play a thousand gigs, and you’ve chosen to follow in his footsteps. And your mother is a singer. Both their triumphs and tragedies beckon you into a world where there’s never enough money, but more wealth than anyone could ever imagine. By his eleventh birthday, Jefferson had already surrendered, sitting in on bass on his parents’ gigs. By fifteen he was playing all around the US. With that money packed away and a music scholarship, he headed off to college, interning in the music school’s recording studio and practically lived there while recording his first release. “I was nineteen when I put out my first CD”, says Thomas. “It's probably still out there somewhere, which makes me feel queasy. I don't think I even still own a copy." A thousand gigs later he had refined the “blue-eyed soul” vocal style that today sits atop his rich amalgam of roots-rock and indie-pop. Jefferson’s live video of his song "Jacksonville" from an NPR broadcast went viral and introduced him to audiences worldwide. As a result, he embarked on his first European tour, and has subsequently toured overseas every year since, constantly breaking new ground and growing his fan base.