Biography

Richard exposed classical guitar for two years inside his teens. He will stand exposed English literature after his the-levels however experienced a musical career around mind. He left school inside 1967 and became an apprentice by owning the stained-glass maker for astir Sestet months. This gave plenty spare period to play music in the evenings. He number 1 became large as a institution member of British folk-rockers Fairport Convention, a class action periodically dubbed "the English Jefferson Airplane." During his Fairport times, Thompson wrote a song "Meet on the Ledge," which remained Fairport's virtually all requested tune & likewise his easily-known folk-rock ballad, "Genesis Hall."

Thompson went solo within 1971, releasing the album Henry A Individual Fly within 1972. Richard so began performing by using married woman Linda and I Obviously view A Bright Lights Tonight (1974) was a foremost of 6 albums from either a duo. This 1st album & a survive, Shoot Out A Lights (1982), come a virtually all notable of the duo's releases. A few divorced within 1982, and it currently perform solo over again. Thompson's albums come typically acclaimed by critics, & his guitar act has yearn received a respect of his peers (Rolling Stone placed him at #19 on their confutative 2003 list of a 100 Greatest Guitarists ever), however above the years he has noticed just moderate commercial profits. His solo recordings develop received deuce Grammy Award nominations, one for Best Alternative Music Album for Rumour & Sigh (1991), his virtually all commercially popular album up to now, & of these for Best Contemporary Folk Album for his double CD smart shoppers? maine? u.s.? (1996).

At a period of their separation Linda got upright given birth to their third kid Kamilla, world health organization together sustaining her brother Teddy (world health organization began his have career inside 2003), and their father, recorded in Linda's album Fashionably Late, which besides involved ex-Pentangle bass player Danny Thompson (no relatiin), the frequent collaborator by having Richard on his recent albums.

Thompson has mass produced deuce records by owning John French, Fred Frith and Henry Kaiser under the title French Frith Kaiser Thompson. He has manufactured xii of appearances as a session musician, including albums by the Golden Palominos, Sandy Denny, Bonnie Raitt, Beausoleil, Nile Rodgers, Maria McKee (formerly of eighties united states-rock band Lone Justice), Nick Drake, Crowded House, Suzanne Vega, Loudon Wainwright III (whom Richard has toured with), Ashley Hutchings and John Kirkpatrick.

Within recent years Thompson has devised & toured his indicate Thousand Years Of Popular Music. These shows take the chronological hike through popular music across a ages, & come performed by a trio of Thompson using singer/pianist Judith Owen and a percussionist. The average performance would run sustaining the mediaeval spherical & climax using Thompson's unique choose on the Britney Spears hit "Oops!... I Did It Again".

Discography
Albums
Fairport Convention Fairport Convention (1968) What We Did On Our Holidays (1969) Unhalfbricking (1969) Liege and Lief (1969) Full House (1970) Live At The LA Troubadour (1970) House Full (1970) Heyday:BBC Radio Sessions (BBC 1968-69) (1987) The History of Fairport Convention

Richard and Linda Thompson I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight (1974) Hokey Pokey (1975) Pour Down Like Silver (1975) First Light (1978) Sunnyvista (1979) Shoot Out The Lights (1982) The Best Of Richard & Linda Thompson: The Island Years (2000)

Richard Thompson Henry The Human Fly (1972) (guitar, vocal) (1976) Live! (more or less) (1976) Strict Tempo! (1981) Hand Of Kindness (1983) Small Town Romance (1984) Across A Crowded Room (1985) Daring Adventures (1986) Amnesia (1988) Rumor And Sigh (1991) Watching The Dark (1993) | 3-Video retrospective Mirror Blue (1994) you? me? us? (1996) Mock Tudor (1999) Action Packed: The Best of the Capitol Years (2001) The Old Kit Bag (2003) Live From Austin,Tx (2005) Front Parlour Ballads (2005)

Richard & Danny Thompson Industry (1997)

The GPs Saturday Rolling Around (1991) French, Frith, Kaiser, Thompson Live, Love, Larf & Loaf (1987) Invisible Means (1990)

Philip Pickett & Richard Thompson The Bones of all Men (1998) The Bunch Rock On (1972) Soundtracks A Sharpshooter (Music From either A BBC TV Series) (1987) Sweet Talker (1991) Grizzly Human (Music From either a Werner Herzog documentary film (2005)

Fan club & have-label releases (which are actually non available inside retail outlets however may be purchased via [http://richardthompson-music.com/ his web site] or even at concerts) Doomsday & Gloom From either A Grave, volume Unity (1985) Doom & Gloom II (Over My Dead Body) (1991) Survive At Crawley (by owning Danny Thompson) (1995) Both Letter Words: survive 1994 (1996) Celtschmerz: Sleep in a UK ‘98 (1998) Semi Detached Mock Tudor (2002) Yard Years of Popular Music (2003) Other Guitar (2003) Ducknapped (2004) Unfaithful (2004) A Chrono Indicate (2004) Front Parlour Ballads (2005)

DVDs Sleep in Providence (2004) Survive From either Austin,Tx (2005)

Singles
! rowspan="2"| Year ! breadth="150" rowspan="2"| Title ! colspan="1"| Chart Positions ! breadth="150" rowspan="2"| Album |-

! breadth="83"|US Modern Rock |- ! 1988 | "Turning of the Tide" ! #30 | Amnesia |- ! 1991 | "I Feel So Good" ! #15 | Hearsay & Sigh |}

See Also
Rolling Stone's List of the 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time