I've been a fan of the British guitarist and songwriter Richard Thompson ever since his days in Fairport Convention in the late 1960s and have seen him perform seven times. He's the best acoustic guitarist I've seen and right up there with the best of the electric guitarists; proficiency at that level is a rare talent. And then there are his songs; he's up there with Bob Dylan and Neil Young as one of the best of his generation.
Today's album is a live recording made in Honolulu in 2006 featuring him on acoustic guitar, fellow Fairport alumnus Danny Thompson on acoustic bass, and Michael Jerome on percussion. It's a good sample of some of Thompson's best songs. Face it: most songwriters would be lucky to write one or two songs as good as Crawl Back (Under My Stone), Misunderstood, Al Bowley's in Heaven, or Waltzing's for Dreamers. And that's only four of the thirteen songs on this album.
Thompson is still writing and performing. If he comes your way do not miss him. You will not regret it.
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