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Richard Thompson OBE (born 3 April 1949, Notting Hill, London) is a British singer/songwriter and guitarist. Highly regarded for his guitar techniques, Thompson was awarded the Orville H. Gibson award for best acoustic guitar player in 1991. Similarly, his songwriting has earned him an Ivor Novello Award and, in 2006, a lifetime achievement award from BBC Radio. Thompson made his debut as a recording artist as a member of Fairport Convention in September 1967. He left the group in 1971 and began recording with his wife as Richard & Linda Thompson, before their marriage dissolved in 1983. Since then, Thompson has maintained a critically-acclaimed solo career.

He continues to write and record new material and performs live frequently throughout Canada, the United States, Europe and Australia.

Thompson was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2011 New Year Honours for services to music. On 5 July 2011, the degree of Doctor of Philosophy honoris causa was conferred on Thompson by the University of Aberdeen, in a ceremony at the University’s Elphinstone Hall.
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  • Debaser987

    How does a brain tell fingers to do what Richard does? Holding a plectrum while picking with the other three fingers is so damn hard. Also, he uses a ridiculous amount of chromatics in his solos, so how does he make it sound in key?

    29 days ago

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    March 2012

  • zhimbo

    Watching the Austin City Limits show on DVD. Holy cr*p. His guitar playing is just impossible to believe.

    March 2012

  • lakretino

    Grizzly Man :)

    March 2012

  • CasioCal

    My lucky day.. I gave the Del McCoury cover of 1952 Vincent a spin just because of the song title, and of course it led me to Richard Thompson. I do indeed feel so good.

    January 2012

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    If you like this check out http://www.myspace.com/henrysayers

    December 2011

  • Ryantalope

    A rare example of a songwriter who just keeps on getting better. He is quite simply in a league of his own. He headlined the Green Man festival in 2008 just him and an acoustic guitar and it was one of the most incredible gigs I've ever seen. His genius should never be underestimated.

    December 2011
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