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Richard Thompson

The Village Inn, Lancaster, PA 1985-08-05

From The Teddy Ballgame Archive


This show is fun, great sound recording with audience participation and a nice collection of songs.

From Wikipedia:

Richard John Thompson OBE (born 3 April 1949) is a British songwriter, guitarist and recording and performing musician. Highly regarded for his guitar techniques and strange, darkly-funny lyrics, Thompson was awarded the Orville H. Gibson award for best acoustic guitar player in 1991.[1] Similarly, his songwriting has earned him an Ivor Novello Award[1] and, in 2006, a lifetime achievement award from BBC Radio.

Solo (1983 to present)

With his separation from Linda finalised, Richard Thompson began to commute between twin bases in London and Los Angeles and began to tour regularly in the USA. Encouraged by the success of his solo shows in late 1981 and early 1982, he began to perform solo with increasing frequency and continued to tour with a band. In 1983 and 1984 he toured the USA and Europe with the Richard Thompson Big Band, which included two saxophone players in addition to the more usual rhythm section, second guitar and accordion. Set lists included covers of classic rock 'n roll songs and jazz standards such as "Tuxedo Junction".

In 1985 Thompson returned to the big league when he signed with PolyGram and received a sizeable advance.[7][page needed] He also married Nancy Covey and moved his home and his working base to California.

1985's Across a Crowded Room was his last album to be recorded in England and the last to have Boyd as producer. After sales failed to match the critics� praises Thompson was under some pressure to repay PolyGram�s investment with a hit album.

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