Showing posts with label Richard Thompson. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Richard Thompson. Show all posts

Thursday, 5 August 2010

Farewell, Farewell - Fairport Convention

Here's one of those wonderful Fairport tracks in which Sandy Denny's gorgeous voice and Richard Thompson's guitar skill weave in and around each other to create something magical. Poor Sandy has been a long time gone, but over 40 years later RT still tours to delight us. If you've never seen him, I urge you to do so before he calls it a day.


Tuesday, 21 July 2009

Another tune for you

Written and sung by poor Sandy Denny, God rest her, and with the then teenage Richard Thompson's guitar weaving its way through and around her words, this is such a lovely thing:

Monday, 13 July 2009

Two for the price of one

Great musician and total silliness!

Some inspiration for you

The fantastic Richard Thompson with a song that's great even by his high standards. How does one man get so much out of one guitar?