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Richard Thompson OBE (born 3 April 1949) is an English singer, songwriter, and guitarist. [3]Thompson first gained prominence in the late 1960s as the lead guitarist and songwriter for the folk rock group Fairport Convention, which he had co-founded in 1967.
Fairport Convention are an English folk rock band formed by guitarists Richard Thompson and Simon Nicol, bassist Ashley Hutchings and drummer Shaun Frater (Frater replaced by Martin Lamble after their first gig.) [1] The band currently consists of Nicol, drummer Dave Mattacks (who first joined in 1969), bassist Dave Pegg (since 1969) fiddler Ric Sanders (since 1985) and multi instrumentalist ...
The discography of Richard Thompson, an English singer/songwriter and guitarist, consists of around 30 studio albums in which he is named on the cover, alongside live albums, singles, compilations, fan club and boutique label releases, soundtracks and collaborations.
Band alumni like Richard Thompson and Bruce Rowland would occasionally join in. [39] The remaining members pursued their own lives and careers outside of the band. Nicol, Pegg, and Mattacks had recorded and toured with Richard and Linda Thompson at times in the 1970s, and did so again during this period, culminating in their appearance on the ...
More Guitar is a live album by Richard Thompson recorded in November, 1988. Thompson, performing with his band, was recorded at The Bayou, a music venue in Washington, D.C.. As the album's title suggests, Henry Kaiser's track selection for More Guitar places emphasis on Thompson's electric guitar soloing – though it stands by itself as a complete performance, and accordion player John ...
Live at Crawley was the first official live Thompson release since Small Town Romance in 1984. Richard Thompson and Danny Thompson continued to collaborate in concert and increasingly on record, but this remains the only non-bootleg record of their live work as a duo.
Live Warrior is a live album by Richard Thompson recorded during the 2007 tours of the UK and United States to support the Sweet Warrior studio album. It is released on Thompson's boutique Beeswing label.
Sunnyvista is the fifth album by Richard and Linda Thompson, released in 1979, by Chrysalis Records. [1]After the artistic mismatch of the previous year's comeback album, First Light, the Thompsons made greater use on this album of backing musicians with whom they had previously worked.