# Old geezers showing how it's done...Richard Thompson content.
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-geezers-showing-how-its-done-richard-thompson-content/717459
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Created:** [April 12, 2015, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-geezers-showing-how-its-done-richard-thompson-content/717459 "2015-04-12T00:44:50Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)
#### Post date: [April 12, 2015, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-geezers-showing-how-its-done-richard-thompson-content/717459/1 "2015-04-12T00:44:50Z")
[RT on the BBC](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdmL0EhZS2g)
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### Author:  [@Eddie\_F](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eddie_F)
#### Post date: [April 12, 2015, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-geezers-showing-how-its-done-richard-thompson-content/717459/2 "2015-04-12T01:08:44Z")
I sincerely hope you keep posting stuff like this and the Bonamassa/Tull clip. Because I’m enjoying, utterly, everything you’re posting.
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### Author:  [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)
#### Post date: [April 12, 2015, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-geezers-showing-how-its-done-richard-thompson-content/717459/3 "2015-04-12T01:09:47Z")
I’ve seen Richard Thompsom perform live twice. Awesome show, both times. The man is a musical god.
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### Author:  [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)
#### Post date: [April 12, 2015, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-geezers-showing-how-its-done-richard-thompson-content/717459/4 "2015-04-12T02:38:41Z")
^^What she said.
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### Author:  [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)
#### Post date: [April 12, 2015, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-geezers-showing-how-its-done-richard-thompson-content/717459/5 "2015-04-12T23:16:27Z")
> [@Eddie\_F](#):
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> I sincerely hope you keep posting stuff like this and the Bonamassa/Tull clip. Because I’m enjoying, utterly, everything you’re posting.
Thanks!
Were you a Richard Thompson fan before?
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### Author:  [@Accidental\_Martyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Accidental_Martyr)
#### Post date: [April 13, 2015, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-geezers-showing-how-its-done-richard-thompson-content/717459/6 "2015-04-13T05:40:03Z")
I’ve also seen Richard Thompson live a couple of times and he’s amazing. I have a friend who is a really good guitar player and songwriter and he started playing guitar because of Thompson. He saw him perform live and went and bought a guitar the next day.
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### Author:  [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)
#### Post date: [April 13, 2015, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-geezers-showing-how-its-done-richard-thompson-content/717459/7 "2015-04-13T05:43:31Z")
> [@MsWhatsit](#):
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> I’ve seen Richard Thompsom perform live twice. Awesome show, both times. The man is a musical god.
I came to post the exact same thing.
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### Author:  [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)
#### Post date: [April 13, 2015, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-geezers-showing-how-its-done-richard-thompson-content/717459/8 "2015-04-13T11:46:19Z")
> [@MsWhatsit](#):
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> I’ve seen Richard Thompsom perform live twice. Awesome show, both times. The man is a musical god.
This, except for me it’s more like 7 or 8 times by now. I see him any chance I get. I love that I can go see him play in small venues and sit close enough to actually see what his hands are doing. The guy is mesmerizing.
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### Author:  [@bienville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bienville)
#### Post date: [April 13, 2015, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-geezers-showing-how-its-done-richard-thompson-content/717459/9 "2015-04-13T13:06:24Z")
I saw him in '98 or '99 (but definitely before the '99 release _[Mock Tudor](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mock_Tudor_(album))_).
He was playing a mixed solo set / duo set at Princeton. I wasn’t a Princeton student, I just saw a listing for the show and quickly borrowed a car and drove up from Philadelphia at the last minute to see it. The duo portions of the set were with Danny Thompson on upright bass. Richard Thompson played acoustic for the entire show- the solo segments and the duo segments.
I saw him again in 2007. He played electric and had a full band this time. It was an in-store performance at Amoeba Records in Hollywood for the release of [_Sweet Warrior_](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweet_Warrior).
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### Author:  [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)
#### Post date: [April 13, 2015, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-geezers-showing-how-its-done-richard-thompson-content/717459/10 "2015-04-13T13:28:22Z")
This is great. I love me some Richard Thompson, and have seen him many times. A while back I posted a [link](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=714701&highlight=Richard+thompson) here to a favorite show I attended with some comments…I still listen to that show occasionally.
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### Author:  [@Nonsuch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nonsuch)
#### Post date: [April 13, 2015, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-geezers-showing-how-its-done-richard-thompson-content/717459/11 "2015-04-13T14:10:24Z")
Hearing Richard Thompson play “Vincent Black Lightning” in person is on my bucket list. The man is amazing and I hope to see him live one day.
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### Author:  [@Bumbershoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbershoot)
#### Post date: [April 14, 2015, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-geezers-showing-how-its-done-richard-thompson-content/717459/12 "2015-04-14T01:39:38Z")
I saw Richard Thompson do a solo acoustic show a few years ago and yes, he is amazing. I’ve been a fan since _Shoot Out The Lights_ came out 30+ years ago. I had heard of Fairport Convention but wasn’t really familiar with their music. I hope to see him play electric guitar someday.
He’s also a really funny guy and I enjoyed his between-songs banter and the stories he told.
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### Author:  [@Cabin\_Fever\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cabin_Fever_1)
#### Post date: [April 14, 2015, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-geezers-showing-how-its-done-richard-thompson-content/717459/13 "2015-04-14T02:13:13Z")
Thanks to OP **River Hippie** for turning me on to Richard Thompson.
Watching the BBC episode as I type and will definitely explore his talent further.
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### Author:  [@Cabin\_Fever\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cabin_Fever_1)
#### Post date: [April 14, 2015, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-geezers-showing-how-its-done-richard-thompson-content/717459/14 "2015-04-14T02:24:03Z")
Speaking of Old Geezers…our minds sometimes take awhile to realize the obvious.
Fairport Convention. 🆒
Love it.
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### Author:  [@MickNickMaggies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MickNickMaggies)
#### Post date: [April 14, 2015, 7:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-geezers-showing-how-its-done-richard-thompson-content/717459/15 "2015-04-14T07:45:18Z")
Gosh, this is embarrassing, but what song is playing over the montage (after the BBC guy’s intro)?
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### Author:  [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)
#### Post date: [April 14, 2015, 11:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-geezers-showing-how-its-done-richard-thompson-content/717459/16 "2015-04-14T11:08:27Z")
Love Richard Thompson. Oy, just swamped at work…
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### Author:  [@Bumbershoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbershoot)
#### Post date: [April 14, 2015, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-geezers-showing-how-its-done-richard-thompson-content/717459/17 "2015-04-14T12:33:26Z")
> [@MickNickMaggies](#):
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> Gosh, this is embarrassing, but what song is playing over the montage (after the BBC guy’s intro)?
That’s [House of Cards](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4V6bNNzEwM). Robert Plant did a nice version of this song on his Band Of Joy CD.
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### Author:  [@NoCoolUserName](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NoCoolUserName)
#### Post date: [April 14, 2015, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-geezers-showing-how-its-done-richard-thompson-content/717459/18 "2015-04-14T15:25:53Z")
That, ladies and gentlemen, is how you lay down a groove. Put the 30 seconds at the beginning, where he’s playing by himself, on a loop and study, study, study. Yowza.
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### Author:  [@MickNickMaggies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MickNickMaggies)
#### Post date: [April 14, 2015, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-geezers-showing-how-its-done-richard-thompson-content/717459/19 "2015-04-14T15:56:50Z")
> [@Bumbershoot](#):
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> That’s [House of Cards](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4V6bNNzEwM). Robert Plant did a nice version of this song on his Band Of Joy CD.
Oh, I am a happy bunny now!
I stumbled into Thompson from 1000 Years of Popular Music and raced out to see him in concert. I’m still catching up.
But what a body of work on which to catch up!
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### Author:  [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)
#### Post date: [April 14, 2015, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-geezers-showing-how-its-done-richard-thompson-content/717459/20 "2015-04-14T16:04:07Z")
> [@bienville](#):
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> I saw him in '98 or '99 (but definitely before the '99 release _[Mock Tudor](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mock_Tudor_(album))_).
> He was playing a mixed solo set / duo set at Princeton. I wasn’t a Princeton student, I just saw a listing for the show and quickly borrowed a car and drove up from Philadelphia at the last minute to see it. The duo portions of the set were with Danny Thompson on upright bass. Richard Thompson played acoustic for the entire show- the solo segments and the duo segments.
About the time of Amnesia we went to McCarter to see Roger McGuin who was touring with Richard. We’d never heard of him before, but we went right out and bought a bunch of CDs. He was amazing. Only have seen him with a band once, but that was amazing also.
Will watch the BBC show as soon as I get home. Thanks **River Hippie**!
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