Richard Thompson 6-21-07 at a Brooklyn Celebrates concertin Prospect Park, Brooklyn NY photographed by Anthony Pepitone (CC-BY-SA) Rumor and Sigh album cover Richard Thompson OBE (b. 4/3/49) is an English songwriter, musician (primarily a guitarist,) singer and record producer. Thompson first gained prominence in the late 1960s as the lead guitarist and a songwriter for…
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Hanspostcard’s Song Singles Draft — Round 2 pick 4 — “Dimming of the Day,” written by Richard Thompson
image from Richard and Linda Thompson’s spotify page “Dimming of the Day” is a song written by Richard Thompson and performed with his then-wife Linda Thompson on their 1975 album “Pour Down Like Silver.” The first time I heard the song it was sung by Bonnie Raitt on her 1994 release album, “Longing in Their…
Doodads — cider and song plus
Two weeks ago not only did younger son and his wife volunteer at the cat shelter but my older son’s girlfriend was there. It was a very pleasant surprise to see her there. What was an even bigger surprise was today, when my older son showed up. This had all of us together (masked) face…
dVerse — list poem — pumped
Acceleration heart thumps Beauty Curves Dynamic lean muscles flex Exhaust Fast fit endurance Grip Handlebars a solid hold Injection Joy mufflers rumble Kick-start again, Mick! Leathers slapping, Sheryl Maintenance everlubes Noise duets Open road Performance wherever, whenever Quick Rally electrolytes, shower Sleek Throttle pumped, Steven Unsafe Richard Victory bareback Wind resistance X-rays fight the power…
Coloring Club Plus — 4/30/19
I came across, “Cold Kisses” and was impressed by it. “Cold Kisses” is on Richard Thompson’s album, “Action Packed,” which was released in 2001. The album is a retrospective look at Thompson’s time with Capitol Records and brings together songs from each of the albums that he recorded for that label. Here I am in…
Coloring Club Plus — 3/17/19
per wikipedia: Richard Thompson’s Front Parlour Ballads is the eleventh studio album by Richard Thompson, released in 2005, was a literally homemade album. Thompson’s aim was to create an album that sounded small and intimate. Thompson had a small studio built in his garage at home and recorded the tracks onto his laptop computer,…
Coloring Club Plus — 3/15/19
Beeswing first appeared on 1994’s “Mirror Blue”. It is also on “Acoustic Classics.” wikipedia says: Acoustic Classics is the fifteenth solo studio album by British singer/songwriter Richard Thompson. It was released by Beeswing Records via Proper Records on 21 July 2014 in the UK and 22 July 2014 in the USA…According to the album…
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