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Re: (TV) Interesting Review



Thompson's latest, "Dream Attic" is a must have. It's certainly some
of the deepest lyrics combined with harrowing guitar - he's done,
maybe since Rumor & Sigh. Simply marvelous.


On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 10:22 PM, andy fekete <andy.fekete@gmail.com> wrote:
> Wow -- a lot of great RT recommendations here.
>
> I just did a little listening, and the two selections mentioned in this
> thread that speak to me right off are:
>
>
> Richard Thompson "Grizzly Man Soundtrack (Main Title)" -- my gawd what
> sensitive powerful harrowing original stuff;  this is Thompson as the
> guitarist I always wanted him to be:
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4BqEM5J8Hgw
>
> Fairport Convention "A Sailor's Life" -- terrific folky / drony playing (I
> am such a sucker for this kind of drony accoustic stuff):
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=szrGtFxtWXU
>
>
> I think what I really like about these two selections is that Thompson more
> or less resists the urge to fill every nook and cranny with notes the way he
> often does on songs where he's the featured soloist.
>
> I think it was a famous Saturnian who once said "Space is the place".  I
> have to agree:  makes no difference whether one plays fine and clean through
> a crisp Fender amp, or mean and dirty through a stack 'o' Marshalls.
>
> More and more, to me, *less *really is more.
>
> -A
>
> PS - Am also intrigued by this one, though in truth probably more for
> Frith's playing.  Great idea, though, to pair these two radically different
> guitarists;  I can imagine Thompson's presence helped iron out some of
> Frith's more spiky edges:
>
> French, Frith, Kaiser, Thompson "Days of Our Lives"
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQeMTlIa7n0
>
>
>
>
> On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 9:18 PM, Rex Broome <rexbroome@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Well, Clapton hasn't really interested me beyond his Yardbirds stuff and,
>> sometimes when I can hear past the overplayedness, the Dominos record.
>>  Thompson is never less than interesting and often spellbinding.  And these
>> days Tom kind of pisses me off, but that's because he's one of my all-time
>> favorites who almost never delivers the goods.  Almost a wash...
>>
>> -Rex
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