Tag Archives: Danny Thompson

Double Bass

Posted on August 8, 2018 by

Reading the comments on a Davey Graham YouTube video: I discovered that the bass player on the track was Danny Thompson, and checking the other artists playing on the album, “Large and Life and Twice as Natural”, I found they … Continue reading →

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Darrell Scott & Danny Thompson

Posted on August 31, 2016 by

Playing at HebCelt 2013 in Stornoway. Don’t forget the headphones: … and a slightly older recording featuring Danny Thompson with Pentangle (who were Jacqui Mcshee, Bert Jansch, John Renbourn and Terry Cox)

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Sean Taylor

Posted on December 13, 2015 by

Another excellent UK musician I had never heard of, and judging by the number of YouTube hits, neither have you: Someone comments that John Martyn comes to mind, so maybe this duo is not so surprising: Sean Taylor, Wikipedia Sean … Continue reading →

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Martin Simpson and Danny Thompson (1/47 from Graham Bell’s Danny Thompson collection)

Posted on September 9, 2013 by

A variant of the traditional song Matty Groves, Little Musgrave tells the story of a young man paying the price for a brief tryst with a noble woman. This version recorded live at the Oxford Folk Festival of 2008 features … Continue reading →

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Musical Interlude – John Martyn and Danny Thopmpson

Posted on September 26, 2012 by

This clip was published on YouTube in June of this year and had just 300 views so far. From Series 1 of the “Transatlantic Sessions” recorded in 1995: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transatlantic_Sessions

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Jaqui Mcshee

Posted on June 1, 2011 by

Usually when I’m searching YouTube to see what new old stuff has come up I type in Jansch or Renbourn or Thompson, but today just for a change I typed Mcshee, and this is what came up: which lead to: … Continue reading →

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Danny Thompson & Zoe Rahman …

Posted on November 10, 2010 by

… playing an instrumental version of Nick Drake’s “One of These Things First” this year at The Barbican in London. I think this is just amazing, wish I’d been there. And the original from Nick Drake:

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