jon. Posted September 14, 2004 Report Share Posted September 14, 2004 This is a great show from a really excellent musician! Takes a bit to get used to the vocals maybe but he is just a treat! I've had the luck to see Richie a few times now and he never fails to blow me away! RICHARD THOMPSON Scotish Rites Auditorium Collingswood, NJ USA November-5-2003 Solo Behind the board roc>core sound cards>optical out>M audio 24/96> Sound Forge 7.0> wav>flac Great solo acoutic performance at this great old hall in southern New Jersey. The PA was not particularly loud so I had to ride the mics hot. It's still a great listen fom a true MASTER! SETLIST: Bathsheba Smiles King Of Bohemia Cooksferry Queen A Love You can't Survive Inside of The Outside Alexander Graham Bell Gethsemane Meet on The Ledge For Shame of Doing Wrong Daddy is a Mummy Crawl Back From Galway to Graceland Wall of Death One Door Opens Vincent Black Lightning Persuasion Hokey Pokey Ghost of You Walks E1 Beeswing I Feel So Good E2 Opps, I Did It Again Word Unspoken, Sight Unseen (aborted due to string break) Sam Hall(during string change) AMAZING TO SEE! Word Unspoken, Sight Unseen I had help on the setlist. If there's anything wrong let me know and I'll correct the listing. ENJOY!! Here is the torrent. p.s. I know this isn't the torrent forum, but some things are too good to be missed! Cheers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamilton Posted September 14, 2004 Report Share Posted September 14, 2004 Richard Thompson is probably one of the most mind-boggling guitar players I've ever seen - and a great songwriter, too. I too have seen him live several times, and have never been disappointed. I don't even need to hear this show in order to recommend it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcO Posted September 14, 2004 Report Share Posted September 14, 2004 Put him on a list with the likes of Dylan and Neil Young, McCartney/Lennon, whatever. His body of work is stunning. He is to the British roots-music tradition what Robbie Robertson or Garcia/Hunter are to the American roots-music tradition. And he's a modern songwriter as important and as worhty of investigation as Elvis Costello, Warren Zevon (RIP) or John Hiatt. Don't even get me going on his guitar playing. Even if he'd never written a song in his life, he'd be in my Hall Of Fame just for his musicianship alone. Mike F of BNB - this is the guy I was drooling to you about at CTMF last June. I don;t know you too well brother, but any guy with open-minded tastes leaning towards the likes of Wilco and the Band, and who can get into ferocious guitar playing will dig Richard Thompson. Check him out! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Not Bob Posted September 14, 2004 Report Share Posted September 14, 2004 Folks who want to buy a lot of good music should get the 3 CD set of Richard Thompson called Watching The Dark ... along with awesome songs, the guitar will melt your brain. RnB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamilton Posted September 14, 2004 Report Share Posted September 14, 2004 Also a founding member of Fairport Convention, who are still going strong (although Richard Thompson left around 1970, methinks): Look at all that hair!! Led Zeppelin really liked these guys (and girl) - that's Sandy Denny, Fairport's lead singer, that you hear on "The Battle of Evermore". And the Thompson-fronted version of Fairport opened for Zep on one of their early American tours, too (maybe '69 or '70?). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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