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=== Music career ===
In 1969, Thibodeaux joined the rock group ''[[David and the Giants]]'' who were based in [[Laurel, Mississippi]]. The group recorded in its early years with Capitol Records, Fame Records, and Crazy Horse Records, primarily touring throughout the South, and enjoyed a few regional hits which were recorded in Muscle Shoals, Alabama, and were well known in the Northern Soul music scene in England. After turning 21 in 1971, Thibodeaux received a final payment of $8,000 from a trust fund set up during his days on ''[[I Love Lucy]]''{{Citation needed|date=September 2018}}

Thibodeaux developed a drug problem and eventually left the band, which broke up soon after. He became a [[Born again (Christianity)|born again Christian]] in 1974. The band leader, David Huff, and other members later converted. The group got back together.<ref name=Heldenfels>{{cite news|url=http://www.ohio.com/the330entertainment/heldenfels/mailbag-what-ever-became-of-little-ricky-how-did-stabler-leave-svu-1.245859|title=Mailbag: What ever became of Little Ricky? How did Stabler leave SVU?|last=Heldenfels|first=Rich|work=[[Akron Beacon-Journal]]|date=2011-11-17|access-date=2011-11-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130409232956/http://www.ohio.com/the330entertainment/heldenfels/mailbag-what-ever-became-of-little-ricky-how-did-stabler-leave-svu-1.245859|archive-date=2013-04-09|url-status=dead}}</ref> The band released a number of albums in the 1980s and 1990s for CBS Priority Records (Epic Records), The Benson Company, ABC Word Records (Myrrh) label, and the band's own label Giant Records. They released a CD in 2014 titled ''Still Rockin''. A live David and the Giants album, ''The Best Is Yet To Come'', and a DVD of the live performance, was recorded and released in August 2017, which marked the band's 40th anniversary. The band was honored in 2017, along with other notable Mississippi musicians such as [[Steve Forbert]], [[Tammy Wynette]], [[George Soule (musician)|George Soule]], and [[Elvis Presley]], by receiving "The Jimmie" Mississippi Dreamers (Jimmie Rodgers Award) for their musical contributions as Mississippi artists at a special concert at Peavey Electronics Corporate headquarters in Meridian, MS, along with Hartley Peavey.{{Citation needed|date=September 2018}}

In 1990, Thibodeaux became the executive director for his wife's company, [[Ballet Magnificat!]] which tours nationally and internationally. In 2017 the couple launched the Ballet Magnificat! Brasil dance company and trainee program headquartered in [[Curitiba, Brazil]].