S/D: Richard Thompson

I've been listening to Daring Adventures a lot. I stan for "Nearly in Love," written seemingly to get a hit.

I think he's playing a solo acoustic living room show right now ...

https://www.facebook.com/watch/live/?v=144162387012169&external_log_id=3d56609a8922a74fb71654ef8fdb1cb8

Dunno if that works, but his facebook page!

He's a class act, that guy.

This is a pretty funny stream.

He's always been funny whenever I've seen him in concert.

Good stuff. Reminded me a bit of when I saw him solo at New Orleans jazz fest

Robyn Hitchcock has been doing the same. He warns that his connection is slow though and to expect glitches lol

Is this the same set as posted above? Seems ten minutes shorter.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FhSt-WUKXvs

1952 Vincent Black Lightning has too much braggadocio for my liking

lol

Fair comment, i think.

I don't know how anyone could possibly claim that there is an ounce of braggadocio in this song, so I'm going to write it off as a prime example of ILX challops.

Can someone please recommend me some folk music without all that braggadocio?

Also, a salad without any radicchio?

classical sonatas without any arpeggio

Early Disney features without all that Pinocchio.

Pere Ubu without "30 Seconds Over Tokyo.'

Bohemian rhapsody without the Galileo

Belafonte without "Day-O"

If you want your folk music more violent, try "The Cruel Mother"

She took her penknife, keen and sharp
Oh, the rose and the linsie-o
She has stucked it to their hearts
Down by the greenwood sidie-o

A sandwich without carpaccio

Shakespeare without the First Folio

Janeane without Garafalo.

Cellist Ma without the Yo-Yo

Karate without the dojo

Folk music without the hey nonny no.

Naughty By Nature's "Hip Hop Hooray" without the "ho!!"

Harry Belafonte without "Day O."

Top Chef without Tom Colicchio

Star Wars without C-3PO

"12 Inches of" without the "Snow."

Doug E. Fresh without "The Show."

Margaret without the Cho.

Jeff Bridges without Beau.

(Josh, sorry but it looks like Simon beat you to it)

This thread is becoming... an imbroglio.

Hamilton without "Rochambeau."

"Orinoco" without the "Flow."

(these could be stupid Beastie Boys lyrics)

Stupid Beastie boys lyrics without "And I got more hits than Sadaharu Oh"

Beastie's "Slow and Low" without the tempo.

Si Tu Dois Partir without the need to go

Heart emoji

https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/71jNo95M-dL._SY355_.jpg

If that doesn't show up, it's Live At Rock City: Nottingham 1986
Anyall heard this?

I've not heard it, but I can only assume it's great. Because Richard Thompson.

I picked up dinner somewhere last week and the guy handing me my food had a Jason Isbell shirt on. I made some small talk with him, and he told me he and a couple of folks from the restaurant had actually made a road trip out of seeing Isbell play some place down south. Maybe Knoxville? Possibly as far as Florida? Anyway, this date apparently had Richard Thompson opening, and I told the guy I suspected Isbell arranged it just to watch Thompson play every night. And the guy with my food said he and his friend were totally unfamiliar with Thompson until that night and were left absolutely speechless and for a bit confused, because it sounded like three guys on stage rather than just one.

Oh yeah. And not just any three guys. I strung out, stalking him and his acoustic guitar around the world on Youtube, 2011--12, just sitting on park benches and what not, playing clubs, and yes totally amazing. This after seeing a rerun of some cable special, a monster opera house tribute to Joni Mitchell, who was presiding in a box seat: RT and some guys dashed off a very glib (though no worse than the original) "Raised On Robbery," and The Queen frowned, but later he came back all alone, to do an incredible "Woodstock," and she actually looked impressed, nodded, *maybe* even clapped (maybe he'd gotten the word).

I *got* strung out

Recommendation for Thompson obscurity hunters:

https://www.discogs.com/Various-Hard-Cash/release/3686033

Hard Cash, Brit Folk compilation co-compiled by RT for a documentary series about work. He writes/performs 2, writes or plays on several others. Includes June Tabor, Martin Carthy, The Watersons, Gregson/Collister. Most songs good-to-great.

Richard Thompson
SUN, Sept 13, Sept 27th, & Oct 11 at 2PM PDT
Virtual Meet & Greet and Merch add-ons available

"Live From London – my Livestream Series will be three unique shows each with a completely different setlist and all professionally produced and as close to being at a live gig as we can possibly get it! The livestreams will be available for 48 hours after each show. The first show I will be playing my new EP, Bloody Noses, in full as well as classic hits. The second stream will be Fairport Convention Era music with a majority of songs from the 60’s and 70’s. The last show will be all requests so be sure to send in your requests ahead of time! I am very much looking forward to this series and I hope you can join me for one or all three shows." -Richard Thompson
More info: https://boxoffice.mandolin.com/collections/richard-thompson?rfsn=4651697.b3ce54 and https://www.richardthompson-music.com/

Oh and thanks for the xpost Hard Cash tip, Hideous Lump! Looks v. promising,

Bloody Noses, 6 songs on bandcamp:
This is an all-acoustic EP recorded at home during lockdown.
All instruments played by Richard Thompson, some harmony vocals by Zara Phillips.

"All acoustic" seems to incl. some deft use of pick-ups, something in the recording set-up allowing for some effects I associate more with per se electric guitar on strong closer "What's Up With You?", in which some of the guitars get percussive as hell, also one of 'em's tuning helps, and sounds like might be actual drums on "The Fortress," with Zara Phillips chiming in effectively on the chorus, "You had the whole world, wrapped around your fin-gah," also good on "Survivor."
Fave so far is "She's A Hard Girl To Know," which I had trouble following at first: so many details, scenes in his head, as he creeps through the rooms, putting it all together, maybe. She's still keeping him going, he knows that much.
Tunes are good, and it's all RT as hell, no surprises, but not just killing time either.
Must check some of the other stuff on here as well:
https://richardthompson.bandcamp.com/