NOW 65, Richard Thompson OBE’s place in the pantheon of folk greats is assured. Best known as a founder member of Fairport Convention and for his work with ex-wife Linda, Thompson is a virtuoso guitar player, as is amply demonstrated by these acoustic versions of some of his best-known songs.
The album opens with the seminal I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight, with Thompson’s deep, somewhat mournful vocal to the fore. But it is on the wonderful versions of 1952 Vincent Black Lightning and I Misunderstood that the London-born musician’s outstanding talents are fully revealed.
Kim Mayo
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