Richard Thompson is tagged as: folk, singer-songwriter, folk rock, guitar, folk-rock
Richard Thompson is a gifted guitarist and songwriter whose critical acclaim and cult following has often threatened but never managed to cross over into mainstream appeal.
In 1967 as a precocious 17 year old he was a founder member of Fairport Convention. Now legendary as pioneers of folk rock they were then captivated by the sounds of the emerging singer-songwriters of the American east and west coasts. Like their peers the Byrds, Buffalo Springfield and Jefferson Airplane they were blessed with several considerable individual talents, and produced music that, at least initially was eclectic, as well as exploratory. Their move to folk was gradual; original singerJudy Dyble was replaced on their second LP “What we did on our Holidays” by Sandy Denny, an experienced folk singer and excellent composer in her own right, with whom Richard continued to collaborate after her departure from the group. It was also cemented by contributions by fiddle virtuoso Dave Swarbrick, initially as sessioneer, on their third, Unhalfbricking. That LP has arguably their first two bona fide masterpieces. One is their version of the Sandy Denny song, Who Knows Where the Time Goes, popularized by Judy Collins, but characterised on their version by a perfect balance between Denny̵...
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