Artist Richard Thompson
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Richard Thompson
Richard Thompson’s jaw-dropping virtuosity on guitar is a bit misleading: He busts out impossible runs and intricate fretting when it fits, and during his formidable solos, but it's always the song that's most important. Beginning with his pioneering folk-rock band Fairport Convention, Thompson has often applied his talents to less traditional music. His work with (now ex-) wife Linda and his solo albums may have their roots in folk, but the edgy songs clearly have a place in the progressive present, which for Thompson seems to span on and on.
Updated 10/08/2009

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Richard Thompson
Richard Thompson
Richard Thompson: 1000 Years Of Popular Music
Richard Thompson: Front Parlour Ballads
Richard Thompson: Mock Tudor
Richard Thompson: Sweet Warrior
Richard Thompson: The Old Kit Bag