{"name":"Rob Thomas","title":"Rob Thomas","id":1443,"slug":"rob-thomas","url":"https://www.guitarparty.com/api/v3/core/authors/1443/?format=json","bio_short":"Robert Kelly &quot;Rob&quot; Thomas (born February 14, 1972 on a military base in Landstuhl, Germany) is an American recording artist, the lead singer of the band <a href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/Matchbox+Twenty\" class=\"bbcode_artist\">Matchbox Twenty</a> and formerly of the band <a href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/Tabitha%27s+Secret\" class=\"bbcode_artist\">Tabitha's Secret</a>. Thomas is also known for co-writing and singing on the <a href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/Carlos+Santana\" class=\"bbcode_artist\">Carlos Santana</a> hit <a title=\"Santana &ndash; Smooth\" href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/Santana/_/Smooth\" class=\"bbcode_track\">Smooth</a>, on the album <a title=\"Santana - Supernatural\" href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/Santana/Supernatural\" class=\"bbcode_album\">Supernatural</a>, in 1999.   On April 19, 2005, he released a solo album, <a title=\"Rob Thomas - ...Something to Be\" href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/Rob+Thomas/...Something+to+Be\" class=\"bbcode_album\">...Something to Be</a>. This marked the first time that a male artist from a rock or pop group has debuted at No 1 with their first solo album since Billboard introduced the chart 50 years ago.","artist_img":"//guitarparty.overcastcdn.com/images/RobThomas.2e16d0ba.fill-1200x675-c100.format-jpeg.jpg","songs":[{"id":2950,"title":"Bent","url":"https://www.guitarparty.com/songs/bent/"},{"id":26913,"title":"Smooth","url":"https://www.guitarparty.com/songs/smooth/"},{"id":2949,"title":"Unwell","url":"https://www.guitarparty.com/songs/unwell2/"}]}