Life in the Bus Lane » Richard Thompson http://www.lifeinthebuslane.com Beer and self-loathing in East Twerton Fri, 03 Feb 2012 11:11:51 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Richard Thompson Band – Colston Hall, Bristol http://www.lifeinthebuslane.com/2011/01/22/richard-thompson-band-colston-hall-bristol/ http://www.lifeinthebuslane.com/2011/01/22/richard-thompson-band-colston-hall-bristol/#comments Sat, 22 Jan 2011 23:17:06 +0000 rich http://www.lifeinthebuslane.com/?p=4094 Continue reading →]]> A full band line-up tonight, rather than the solo outing where I last saw Richard Thompson, the recent recipient of an O.B.E. The first half of the evening was an almost-complete run through the latest album, Dream Attic, omitting only a few tracks. After a quick trip to the bar for refreshments it was back for the second half and a selection of some of the older hits. The first track was from Henry the Human Fly, apparently the worst selling Warner Brothers album of all time. There were solos from each of the performers interwoven into the songs, and the obligatory audience participation during Tear Stained Letter.

A respectably early finish of 22:15 left us with the climb back up to the lofty heights of the top of the car park before the drive back home again.

The Money Shuffle
Among the Gorse, Among the Grey
Haul Me Up
Burning Man
Here Comes Geordie
Demons in Her Dancing Shoes
Big Sun Falling in the River
Sidney Wells
A Brother Slips Away
If Love Whispers Your Name

The Angels Took My Racehorse Away
Can’t Win
One Door Opens
Al Bowlly’s in Heaven
Never Give it Up
Wall of Death
Tear Stained Letter

Take Care the Road You Choose
A Man in Need

]]> http://www.lifeinthebuslane.com/2011/01/22/richard-thompson-band-colston-hall-bristol/feed/ 1 Fairport’s Cropredy Convention 2009 – Cropredy http://www.lifeinthebuslane.com/2009/08/16/fairports-cropredy-convention-2009-cropredy/ http://www.lifeinthebuslane.com/2009/08/16/fairports-cropredy-convention-2009-cropredy/#comments Sun, 16 Aug 2009 14:14:38 +0000 rich http://www.lifeinthebuslane.com/?p=2970 Continue reading →]]> This year we did the full three-days at Cropredy, heading up on the Thursday morning for the 4pm start. The weather was a lot better this year, sunny on Thursday and Saturday, and overcast on the Friday. Due to this I came home with a sunburn rather than soaking wet kit which made a nice change from last year.

A few brief comments on the bands.

Thursday
Harlequin – Too much talking, and too much Michael Jackson
4 Square – Good
Ken Nichol and Phil Cool – Rubber Faced Irritant
Buzzcocks – Raucous, load, shouty, fantastic
Steve Winwood – No idea, I went to bed

Friday
ColvinQuarmby – Irritatingly over-enthusiastic twat, death by jazz-hands.
Megan and Joe Henwood – Good
Scott Matthews – Thom Yorke does folk, badly.
The Bad Shepherds – Fantastic
John Jorgensen Band – Fret-wank frenzy
The Dodge Brothers – Skiffle-tastic
Richard Thompson – Superb
Seth Lakeman – Accomplished

Saturday
Richard Digence – The usual songs, the usual jokes. Amusing start to the day
Churchfitters – Eclectic selection of instruments
Feast of Fiddles – What a lot of fiddlers
Dreadzone – Sunny fun, very good, fitted in surprisingly well.
Nik Kershaw – We now know who is to blame for Chesney Hawkes.
Ralph McTell – Good, played his one hit fairly early on.
Fairport Convention & Friends – Very good as always, guest spots from Yusuf, Richard Thompson and others.

Cropredy 2009 photos

]]> http://www.lifeinthebuslane.com/2009/08/16/fairports-cropredy-convention-2009-cropredy/feed/ 8 Richard Thompson – 1000 Years of Popular Music – Derngate, Northampton http://www.lifeinthebuslane.com/2009/02/05/richard-thompson-1000-years-of-popular-music-derngate-northampton/ http://www.lifeinthebuslane.com/2009/02/05/richard-thompson-1000-years-of-popular-music-derngate-northampton/#comments Thu, 05 Feb 2009 18:18:45 +0000 rich http://www.lifeinthebuslane.com/2009/02/05/richard-thompson-1000-years-of-popular-music-derngate-northampton/ Continue reading →]]> A musical tour through history tonight, courtesy of Richard Thompson, ably assisted by Judith Owen and and Debra Donkin. Richard arrived on-stage complete with a Hurdy-Gurdy and started things off with a song from 1290 entitled Praise Queen of Heaven. They then spent the next hour covering the period up to 1900, including a few minutes of Opera before which he jokingly asked for all the exits to be locked.

The second half covered 1900 onwards, including rather oddly, Nelly Furtado’s Maneater partly in Latin. The only downside was when a song by "the other west country band" turned out to be "Everybody’s Got to Learn Sometime" by The Korgi’s, rather than anything by the mighty Wurzels.

We even made it back to Stafford before the snow.

]]> http://www.lifeinthebuslane.com/2009/02/05/richard-thompson-1000-years-of-popular-music-derngate-northampton/feed/ 1 Richard Thompson Band – Cambridge Corn Exchange http://www.lifeinthebuslane.com/2007/10/25/richard-thompson-band-cambridge-corn-exchange/ http://www.lifeinthebuslane.com/2007/10/25/richard-thompson-band-cambridge-corn-exchange/#comments Thu, 25 Oct 2007 23:38:10 +0000 rich http://www.lifeinthebuslane.com/?p=1814 Continue reading →]]> A fantastic night. Probably the only gig I’ve been to where the seats sold out before the standing area.

I think the setlist was as follows:

Needle and Thread
Bad Monkey
Take Care The Road You Choose
Dad’s Gonna Kill Me
I Still Dream
I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight
Al Bowlly’s in Heaven
1952 Vincent Black Lightning
Who Knows Where The Time Goes
One Door Opens
I’ll Never Give It Up
Hard on me
Mingulay Boat Song
A Man in Need
Guns Are The Tongues
A Bone Through Her Nose
Wall of Death
Read About Love

Sunset Song
Mr. Stupid

Tear Stained Letter

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