Intro to Richard Thompson

[rachelmanija]

I was recently surprised to hear that a friend-of-a-friend who loves Nick Cave, Leonard Cohen, Steve Earle, Townes Van Zandt, and other great singer-songwriters had never heard of the great singer-songwriter-guitarist Richard Thompson. I promised to send him some samples to remedy that situation. Now, before you all start arguing, be aware that I haven't downloaded all his albums to my hard drive, so this selection is based merely on what I have downloaded, not on his entire oevre.

Good as he is on record, he is phenomenal live. If he's ever playing in your area, drop everything to see him.

These links will only be up for seven days. Go get 'em!

When the Spell is Broken

Shoot Out the Lights

1952 Vincent Black Lightning (live)

Beeswing

I Feel So Good (live)

Burns Supper

Put it There Pal

Cold Kisses

Don't Renege on our Love

Meet on the Ledge (live)

Comments

[gfjames.livejournal.com]

I'd start with Catie Curtis, My Shirt Looks Good On You CD. Listen to, "Kiss that Counted."

Nichols is harder to find, especially now that he's stopped touring for a while. He lives in the same town as Richard Thompson, even though he's an America from Missouri (Nichols, that is)...

If you like singer/songwriter music a lot, try listening online to www.WXPN.org more (in fact it's almost all) music than KCRW, especially the morning show and the World Cafe in late afternoon east coast time.

In a week you'll hear more singer/songwriter music than you'd hear in a month anyplace else.